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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 rock musical The R.I.A.A. (Recording Industry Association Of America) awards a gold disc to the album Realization by Johnny Rivers.
Saxophonist and clarinet player Clarence Hall dies in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He had found success working with Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis and others.
Elvis Presley goes to see the film Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid at The Memphian Cinema, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Dolly Parton releases her fourth studio album, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, which will become her first Top 10 hit on the Billboard album chart, peaking at No6.
Psychedelic rock venue The Ambassador Theatre in Washington DC, USA, is demolished, having been closed down some months earlier because of "insufficient funds.".
Merle Haggard releases a new single, Okie From Muskogee on Capitol Records in the USA. Critical of marijuana smokers and long-haired men, it will become not only one of the most successful but one of the most controversial of Haggard's career. It was said he wrote the song after becoming disheartened by watching hippie anti-Vietnam War protests on tv, but in interviews he was always careful to avoid explaining what the song meant to him.