13th December

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.

Richie Havens and Nina Simone play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.

Don't Cry Daddy by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No6 during an eleven-week run.

In a feature in Rolling Stone magazine, Chris White of The Zombikes chastises a fake Zombies band currently touring the USA, for "taking money from our fans and dragging down our reputation." the real Zombies had split up some while previously and the fake group is an unrelated bunch of Americans, touring in hopes of cashing in on the success of The Zombies single Time Of The Season, which was released after the split. The fake band includes Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, who will later find success as members of ZZ Top.

The Upsetters play at The Golden Star Club, North London, UK.

Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young play at The Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Box Tops play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, UK.

Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Smokestack Lightning play the fourth of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig and Stone The Crows play at Colston Hall, Bristol, UK.

Eddie Grant of The Equals returns to his homeland, Guyana, South America, on a two-week trip to scout for new talent.

Zoot Money plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, UK.

The Moody Blues play at The Gaumont, Southampton, UK.

When Rick Nelson records his album In Concert - The Troubadour 1969, at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA, he includes three Bob Dylan songs, If You Gotta Go, Go Now, She Belongs To Me and I Shall Be Released, in his set.

Entering at No73, the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is She by Tommy James And The Shondells.

And When I Die by Blood, Sweat And Tears reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. The song is written by Laura Nyro.