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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 musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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.
The Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Temptations, Edwin Starr, The Monitors and Willie Tyler are playing during a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Brenda And The Tabulations are playing during ten nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Al Green is playing during a week of shows at The Pine Grill, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Jimmy McGriff is playing during a week of shows at The Orbit Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Josh White Jr. plays at The University Of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA.
The Monkees are in Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the song Shorty Blackwell.
Bobby Lewis plays the second of two nights in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Aretha Franklin releases a new single, Think, in the USA. It will peak at No7.
Moby Grape and The Hour Glass play the first of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Supremes are recording the track He's My Sunny Boy at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Producer of the session is Smokey Robinson.
The single Cry Like A Baby by The Box Tops is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Bee Gees play at The Adelphi, Dublin, Eire, Europe.
Steppenwolf, supported by Travel Agency, play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band come to the end of eight days spent recording the album Strictly Personal for Blue Thumb Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimi Hendrix records Voodoo Child with Steve Winwood on organ, Jack Casady on bass, Larry Coryell on guitar and Mitch Mitchell on drums, at The Record Plant, New York City, USA. The songs Cherokee Mist and Three Little Bears are recorded at the same session.
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Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Let There Be More Light and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
Traffic play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Byrds play at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Sam And Dave play at Lenoir Rhyne College, North Carolina, USA.
Ten Years After play at The Metro, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Short and Mabel Mercer play at Town Hall, New York City, USA. The show is recorded by Atlantic Records, and subsequently released as an album.
Mad River, Mother Tuckers and Yellow Duck play at The Retinal Circus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play at Wisconsin State University Fieldhouse, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 opens at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde. It will run for 52 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.