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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
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 comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
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.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Kenny Rogers And The First Edition are playing at The Carousel, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Molly Bee is playing during two weeks at The Cork Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, The Cassanovas, Barbra Merger, Pat Lewis, J.J. Barnes, The Holidays, Dusty Williams, Dennis Thomas, Ruby Andrews and Timmy Willis are playing in the week-long Memphis Sounds Show at The Riveira Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beacon Street Union are playing at The Scene, New York City, USA.
Kurt Allison is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. Raised in Des Moines, he will play guitar in the band Rushlow, but will make a more lasting mark in Jason Aldean's band, playing on such hits as Big Green Tractor and She's Country.
The Flock record Magical Wings for Dunwich Productions in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bobby Darin is the musical guest on tonight's edition of the Jerry lewis Show on NBC-tv in the USA.
George Riddle records Sing All The Songs You Can, I Can Drive You From My Mind, It's Your Life and She's My Woman, for Blue Valley Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Max Bygraves is playing during a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Move play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Attack.
The Isley Brothers play at The Place, Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent, England, UK, Europe.
Jerry Vale plays at The Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at The Factory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, supported by Soft Machine and Mark Boyle's Sense Laboratory.
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The Beatles release a new single, Lady Mad onna / The Inner Light, on Odeon Records in Germany, Europe.
Lainie Kazan, with an orchestra conducted by Pat Williams, records Windows Of The World, They Don't Give Medals and The look Of Love, for MGM Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish, The Fugs, The Pageant Players and Soft White Underbelly play outside the front gates, S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York), 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, Long Island, New York State, USA.
Connie Smith, with producer Bob Ferguson, records The Sunshine Of My World, There Are Some Things and Run Away Little Tears in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features (Ray Edenton, Earl Dean Porter and Lamar Watkins [gtrs], Dick L. Overbey [steel gtr], Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Charles E. Justice [fiddle], Billy Walker [vibes] and Hargus Robbins [piano].
Louis Armstrong records The Bare Necessities, 'Bout Time and Ten Feet Off The Ground, in New York City, USA, for his album Disney Songs The Satchmo Way.
Arthur Prysock records Maman and No Sem Today, for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
Donovan's double album boxed set, A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA.
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DynoVoice recording artists The Illusion copyright the song It's Groovy Time.
Elvis Presley releases a new single, U.S. Male / Stay Away, Jope, on RCA Records in the USA.
The Ralph Sutton Quartet plays at Sunnie's Rendezvous, Aspen, Colorado, USA. The band includes celebrated trumpet and cornet player Ruby Braff.
Lou Rawls opens at The Royal Box, Hotel Americana, New York City, USA.
McDuck and Allmen Joy play at The Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
Vibrato, a pop music tv show in Belgium, Europe, transmits a mimed recording of Pink Floyd performing Apples And Oranges.
The Everly Brothers, with producer Lenny Waronker, record Lord Of The Manor and We Can Change The World at Gold Star Recording Studios, 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on this session features Sonny Curtis and James Burton [gtrs], Terry Slater [bass], Jerry Allison [drums] and Leon Russell [keyboards].
The Bee Gees play at The Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, supported by Procol Harum.
Ten Years After play at Klook's Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Richie Havens opens at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frankie Vaughan continues with a week of cabaret dates at Cesar's Palace, Luton, England, UK, Europe.
Frankie Lymon, leader of The Teenagers, is found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 25 on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom in Harlem, New York City, USA.
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Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy and Christmas Shopping, in Capitol Tower Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.