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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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.
Felicia Sanders and Vaughn Meader are playing during two weeks of shows at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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.
Plastic Penny play at The Locarno Ballroom, STreatham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Web play at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Marmalade play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Four Tops are playing during an eleven-night season at The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hello Goodbye by The Beatles reaches No1 in the German pop singles chart.
Jefferson Airplane play the last of three nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dusty Springfield begins a week long engagement at Batley Variety Club, Batley, England, UK, Europe.
The Sandpipers are playing for the first of three days at The San Remo Song Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe.
The Supremes play at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ten Years After play at The Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Rotary Connection release a new LP, Aladdin, on Cadet Concept in the USA.
Merle Haggard records Today I Started Loving You Again, Love Has A Mind Of Its Own and Fool's Castle, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Glen Campbell, Billy Mize and Lewis Talley [gtrs], Roy Nichols [steel], Howard Lowe [bass], Eddie Burris [drums], George French [piano] and Bonnie Owens [harmony vocal].
Simon And Garfunkel record the song America for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
The Monkees continue to work on the songs Long Title and Can You Dig It, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Buffalo Springfield play at The College Gym, Rainer Hall, Everett Community College, Everett, Washington, USA.
Erroll Garner plays at The Joey Bishop Club, New York City, USA. Immediately after the show, he embarks on a seven-week tour of nightclubs and colleges.
Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Pesky Gee play at The Cellar Disco, Bedford, England, UK, Europe.
The Sunshine Company and Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Blue Cheer release their debut LP, Vincebus Eruptum, with advance orders of 30,000.
Chuck Jackson releases his first single for Motown, (You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You, in the USA.
At Goldstar Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Cher records It All Adds Up Now, written by Doug Sahm, for Imperial Records.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience begins a tour of the USA at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, with Albert King, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Soft Machine.
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Ringo Starr of The Beatles has rehearsals in West London, UK, for an upcoming appearance on Cilla Black's BBC tv show, Cilla.
During a tour of Australia and New Zealand, The Who, The Small Faces and Paul Jones fly from Wellington to Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania.
The Doors are offered $100,000 by Universal Studios to appear in a motion picture. They turn the offer down.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on the Roger Waters composition Corporal Clegg.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play during three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Anita Bryant sings at The Congressional Wives Prayer Group in Washington DC, USA.
The Velvet Underground play at The Aardvark Cinematheque, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The gig includes an album release party for their second LP, White Light/White Heat.
Lisa Marie Presley is born to Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Cream release the single Sunshine Of Your Love in the USA.
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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.