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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.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jack Cassidy is playing during two weeks at The Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Good Time Singers are playing a three week engagement at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
Neil Diamond is playing during a twelve-day engagement at Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.
The First Edition (led by Kenny Rogers) play during a week of shows at Soul City, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Renee Raff is playing during a two-week stand at The Apartment, New York City, USA, with Charles De Forest and The Ray Starling Trio.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Jane Morgan is playing during a three night engagemnt at The Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, supported by The Doodletown Pipers.
The Small Faces and Chicken Shack play at The Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The Bee Gees play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, they are seen on tv show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In in the USA.
Young Girl by Gary Puckett And The Union Gap reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Barbara McNair is playing during a week of shows at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Ten Years After record a live session for the BBC Radio show Symonds, at The Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London, England, UK, Europe.
The single (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone by Aretha Franklin is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Irish Rovers' Sounds Of Ireland tour begins with a week of shows at The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In the wake of serious drug problems, 50's rock'n'roll and pop idol Dion DiMucci converts to Christianity.
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Cliff Richard appears in an acting role on an ATV tv play, A Matter Of Diamonds, in the UK, playing the part of Riley Walker, a young criminal.
The Move play at The Belfry, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience arrive in Montreal, Canada, and go to see Chubby Checker performing in a night club.
The Top Ten singles being played on WLS Radio, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :
1. Lady Madonna - The Beatles (Capitol)

2. Young Girl - Union Gap (Columbia)

3. I'll Always Think About You - New Colony Six (Mercury)

4. Valleri - The Monkees (Colgems)

5. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)

6. La La Means I Love You - The Delphonics (Philly Groove)

7. Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops (Mala)

8. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (U.A.)

9. The Ballad of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame (Epic)

10. Up On The Roof - Cryin' Shames (Columbia)

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.