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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.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Gene Pitney is playing during a week of shows at The Fiesta Club, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Seatrain and Albert Ayler are playing during thirteen days at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Taj Mahal and Tim Buckley play the third of six nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ten Years After perform I Want To Know on the Groovy Show, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Kaleidoscope play at The Masonic Temple, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Dusty Springfield enters the UK singles chart with I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten, which will peak at No4.
The Foundations play the first of three nights in Beiruit, Lebanon, Asia.
Joe Cocker plays at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Red Light District.
America by The Nice enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No21. The band's prog-rock re-interpretation of the Leonard Bernstein showtune will land them deep in controversy.
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The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays the second of three nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Doors play at The Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, supported by The Matchbox and The Moving Sidewalks (who will later become ZZ Top).
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Oak Brook Shopping Center, Oak Brook, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Supremes and Stevie Wonder play at The Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.
Fats Domino is playing during a series of dates at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
British hitmaker Frankie Vaughan flies to Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, for secret meetings with the city's four biggest street gangs - the Drummy, the Pak, the Toi and the Rebels, during which he hopes to establish an amnesty, enabling the gangs to hand in their weapons to the authorities.
ANIM management, the company run by Jimi Hendrix's co-manager Mike Jeffery, is closed down.
Spirit play the first of five nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by T.I.M.E..
Eric Clapton announces the break-up of Cream, because of 'loss of direction'.
The bulk of the track Revolution is recorded by The Beatles at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Louis Armstrong and Sarah Vaughan play at the Summer Music Festival, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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.