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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.
Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The musical
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 stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical,
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.
The William Morris Agency advises Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, that they are being swamped with requests for tv appearances. Parker responds that Presley is simply not available.
A BBC Radio audition panel in London, UK, makes its observations on a demo tape submitted by Elton John - 'Male vocal in the 1968 feeling - thin, piercing voice with no emotional appeal... dreary songs... one key singer... pretentious material'.
Deep Purple play the first of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence, formerly of Moby Grape, finishes recording his solo album, Oar, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
In the early hours of the morning, The Rolling Stones complete filming of their ill-fated tv special, Rock'n'Roll Circus, at Intertel Studios, Wembley, London, England, UK, Europe. Guests include John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull, Mitch Mitchell and The Who.
Birmingham band Locomotive record Mr Armageddon in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence, formerly of San Francisco band Moby Grape, finishes recording his solo album, Oar, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Harvey Mandel and Pollution play the first of four nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA.
Weekly UK tv pop show Top Of The Pops features live appearances by Marmalade, Malcolm Roberts, Love Sculpture and the Magic Lanterns.