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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 controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
The Righteous Brothers are playing at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Henry Mancini is playing during two weeks at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Trini Lopez is headlining during a two-week season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Bobby Vinton is playing at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
The Vibrations are playing during eight nights at The Twenty Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The James Brown Revue is on tour in Vietnam, Asia, playing live shows for American troops.
Clara Ward And The Ward Singers are playing during a week of shows at The Embassy Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ray Charles And The Raeletts are playing during six nights at Melodyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joni Mitchell is playing at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Hedge And Bonnie. She will appear with the duo until the 9th. Then, on the 10th Dave Van Ronk will become her support act, and she will continue as headliner until June 16.
The Hour Glass are playing during a week of shows at The Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country music singer-songwriter and recording artist Donny Sawyer is born in Sharon, Connecticut, USA.
The day after the burial of recently-assassinated US Senator Bobby Kennedy, Duke Ellington, the Bill Evans Trio, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Felicia Saunders, the Horace Silver Quintet and Joe Williams, are seen on tv in a tribute concert recorded for WCBS-tv, New York City, USA.
Iron Butterfly, The Velvet Underground and Chrome Cyrcus play the last of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Dave Pell Octet plays at Donte's club, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Killer Joe Piro plays the second of two nights at The Drive-In, Collingswood, New Jersey, USA, supported by The Combination.
Bobby Vee begins a week of appearances at The Social Club, Greaseborough, England, UK, Europe.
Pearl Bailey is the musical guest on tv's The Ed Sullivan Show, which is broadcast from New York City, USA.
Filming of The Rolling Stones for French avant-garde director Jean-Luc Godard's documentary film One By One continues at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The film will eventually be released under the title Sympathy For The Devil.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles play golf in Monterey, California, USA.
UK radio show Top Gear features Joe Cocker and The Idle Race.
Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger play at The Black Prince, Bexley, England, UK, Europe.
Chicken Shack play at Mothers, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. Support band Obs-Tweedle is fronted by Robert Plant, later find fame with Led Zeppelin.
Love play the last of three nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Chicago Slim Blues Band.
Frank Ifield plays at Batley Variety Club, Batley, England, UK, Europe.
Engelbert Humperdinck plays at The ABC, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Equals play at The Wake Arms, Epping, England, UK, Europe.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play the last of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, supported by The James Gang and Thyme.
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.