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The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Revered country vocalist Grandpa Jones plays at The Black Stallion in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The show is recorded and will eventually be released as an album.
Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris becomes the Christmas No1 single in the UK.
She by Tommy James And The Shondells enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No23.
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Deep Purple play at The Roundhouse, Dagenham, UK.
Pentangle play at The Arts Centre, Basildon, UK.
Two early bootleg albums appear in record racks in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They are the appropriately titled Stealin' by Bob Dylan and Liver Than You'll Ever Be by The Rolling Stones.
Down On The Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival peaks at No3 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
The Sir Douglas Quintet play the fourth of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Timber.
Cliff Richard plays at The Odeon, Manchester, UK.
Peter Paul and Mary's single Leaving On A Jet Plane hits No1 in the USA on both the Billboard Top 40 chart and the Cashbox magazine chart.
Herbie Mann and The Four Tops play at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Grateful Dead and Moby Grape play the second of three nights in the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Genesis play at Rolleston Youth Club, Rolleston, UK.
Penny Arcade by Roy Orbison reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Deep Purple's newly-released live album, Concerto For Group And Orchestra, is given a lukewarm review by the NME in the UK.
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Richie Havens and Nina Simone play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Jimi Hendrix is at Baggies, 71 Grant St, New York City, USA, rehearsing various tracks with Band Of Gypsys. On the same day, Noel Redding, bassist of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, flies back to England after the collapse of his group Fat Mattress.