4th October

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 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.

The Beatles' album Abbey Road begins an eleven-week run at No1 in the UK.

The Beatles enters the UK pop albums chart with Abbey Road, which will peak at No1 and notch up 81 weeks on the chart.

Santana, Taj Mahal, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, Ike and Tina Turner, John Fahey, Kaleidoscope and Cold Blood, play in the Gold Rush Festival at Lake Amador, California, USA.

Brownhills Stamp Duty release a new single, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, on Columbia Records in the UK. The song is composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

A report issued by New York State USA, states that The Woodstock Festival resulted in 5,162 medical cases, including 797 instances of drug abuse. The report lists two deaths by drug overdose, plus the death of Raymond Mizak in a tractor accident. No births were recorded in the medical tent, but the report states that there were eight miscarriages.

Led Zeppelin play at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland, Europe.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival reaches No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart.

Herbie Hancock, with his group Mwandishi, begins recording the LP Fat Albert Rotunda, for Warner Brothers in New York City, USA.

The Velvet Underground play the second of two nights at Woodrose Ballroom, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Diane Linkletter commits suicide by jumping out of her tenth-story apartment window in Shoreham Towers, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Her father, tv personality Art Linkletter, blames Diane's death on a bad LSD trip and begins a high-profile campaign against the drug and its users, publicly blaming acid guru Dr. Timothy Leary. A toxicology test conducted by the Los Angeles Coroner's Office will subsequently determine that Linkletter had no drugs in her system on the day she jumped, and that she died from "multiple traumatic injuries". Her death will inspire Bobby Darin to write and record the song Baby May.

Paul Monday, [later to re-name himself Gary Glitter] releases a new single, Here Comes The Sun, on MCA Records in the UK. The song is composed by George Harrison of The Beatles.

Ray Charles plays at The Odeon, Birmingham, UK.

The La-De-Da Band releases a new single, Come Together, on Parlophone Records in the UK. The song is composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

White Trash release a new single, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, on Apple Records in the UK. Both songs are composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

George Howe releases a new single, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, on MCA Records in the UK. The song is composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

Orange Bicycle release a new single, Carry That Weight/You Never Give Me Your Money, on Parlophone Records in the UK. Both songs are composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

Deep Purple play at The Lido, Montreux, Switzerland, Europe.

The Grateful Dead play at Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, USA.

Eric Burdon And War play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by the Aum and Sha Na Na.

Charlie Musselwhite, Congress of Wonders and Kaleidoscope play the second of three nights at The Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, California, USA.

The 3rd Annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention takes place in Athens College, Athens, Alabama, USA. Artists appearing include banjo virtuosi Hollis Floyd, Wayne Killpatrick, Bertha Robinson and Lena Hughes.