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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 Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Beacon Street Union are playing at The Scene, New York City, USA.
The Lemon Pipers are playing during a two-week engagement at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, with Jake Holmes.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a week of shows at The Latin Casino, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Tim Buckley spends the second of two days recording demos at Mayfair Studio New York City, USA. Demos recorded over these two days include Song To The Siren and Buzzin' Fly.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Syd Nathan, founder of King Records, dies of heart disease complicated by pneumonia, in Miami, Florida, USA. The label was home to such artists as James Brown, The Platters and Hank Ballard.
Catch My Soul, an r'n'b version of Othello produced by rock entrepreneur Jack Good, opens in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Jerry Lee Lewis as Iago.
Amen Corner fly from the UK to Germany, Europe, for three days of tv appearances in Bremen and Frankfurt.
Traffic play at The Sherwood, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Jimi Hendrix is interviewed in New York City, USA, by Frank Simpson of UK-based music weekly newspaper Melody Maker.
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The Moody Blues play at Shenley Green Youth Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd have an Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, recording session, working on the song It Would Be So Nice, written by keyboardist Richard Wright.
Sandie Shaw is discharged from hospital in London, England, UK, Europe, following an operation to remove an abdominal cyst.
Gus Van of the Vaudeville duo Van And Schenk is hit by a car and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, where he will die a week later. In a long and successful career, Van And Schenk had recorded for the Emerson, Victor and Columbia labels.
The single Simon Says by bubblegum band The 1910 Fruitgum Company is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at Klook's Kleek, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard performs six songs from which Britain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen, on UK tv's Cilla show, starring Cilla Black .
The Rolling Stones spend the seventh day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.
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.