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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.
Marianne Faithfull collapses in the Chevron Hotel, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, having taken an overdose of barbiturates during filming of the movie Ned Kelly, with boyfriend Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. She and Jagger were to star in the film, but she is immediately dropped from the cast.
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Chris Blackwell, MD of Island Records, writes to British psychedelic band Nirvana relinquishing all of the company's rights to the name of the band.
Janis Joplin and the Kosmic Blues Band play at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA.
B.B. King, Santana, Taj Mahal, The Flaming Groovies, Aum and The Frost play the first of three nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles, minus John Lennon, have their second recording session for the George Harrison song Here Comes The Sun at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Grateful Dead play at the Mississippi River Festival, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA.
San Francisco-based rock vocalist Janis Joplin and the Kosmic Blues Band play at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA.
B.B.King, Santana, Taj Mahal, The Flamin' Groovies, Aum and The Frost play the first of three nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Taste play live at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, Europe, supported by Black Cat Bones.
Marianne Faithfull collapses in the Chevron Hotel, Sydney, Australia, having taken an overdose of barbiturates during filming of the movie Ned Kelly, with boyfriend Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. She and Jagger were to star in the film, but she is immediately dropped from the cast.
Janis Joplin and the Kosmic Blues Band play at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA.
The Monkees are in RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, working on the song Steam Engine.