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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.
Roy Orbison is playing during a two-week season at Batley Variety Club, England, UK, Europe.
Mary Wells plays at The Locarno, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Brass parts are overdubbed onto the Elvis Presley recording of the song Almost at American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Fleetwood Mac, Herman's Hermits, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich and Clodagh Rodgers perform live on weekly UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
Hugh Masakela And Big Black, Chicago Transit Authority and The Illinois Speed Press play at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA.
American soul duo Bob And Earl play at The Locarno, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, play the last of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Top Ten Singles being played on Radio WKNR in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the week ending on this date, are as follows :



1. Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down The Beatles

2. Love Mercy

3. Gitarzan Ray Stevens

4. Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins Singers

5. You've Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat And Tears

6. More Today Then Yesterday Spiral Staircase

7. Bad Moon Rising/Lodi Creedence Clearwater Revival

8. Romeo And Juliet Henry Mancini

9. Pinball Wizard The Who

10. In The Ghetto Elvis Presley

John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles appoint Allen Klein's Abkco Industries Inc to manage their business affairs. Paul McCartney, however, refuses to sign up with Klein.
The Who fly from London, England, UK, Europe, to America to begin a new tour.
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, later to form Steely Dan, are arrested in a drug bust at Bard University, New York State, USA.
John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles appoint Allen Klein's Abkco Industries Inc to manage their business affairs. Paul McCartney, however, refuses to sign up with Klein.
Jethro Tull and Ten Years After play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.