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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 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.
Elvis Presley continues with his four-week second season at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Doors play the second of two nights at The Allen Theater, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Sly and the Family Stone reach No1 in the
Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is A Star. The song also goes to No1 in Canada on the same date.
Albert King, Sha-Na-Na, The Coasters and
The Platters play at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
This is the second of two nights during which The
Grateful Dead's performances at the
Fillmore East, New York City, USA, are recorded and, eventually, released as the album History Of The
Grateful Dead, Vol1 (Bear’s Choice). The Allman Brothers and Love are on the same bill.
Edwin Starr plays at the New Town Hall, Oakengates, Shropshire, England, UK Europe. On the same night he also plays at The Plaza, Oswestry
The Byrds play at Indianapolis Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Manchester University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

The Amboy Dukes play at Daniel's Den, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.

David Ackles plays the second of three nights at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
DJ
David Mancuso opens
The Loft, a members-only private disco dance club based in his own home in New York City, USA. This is often cited as an early indication of the coming disco boom.

The
Soft Machine play at London School Of Economics, London, England, UK, Europe.
Badfinger play at The Olympia East Kilbride, Scotland, UK, Europe.

The album Bridge Over Troubled Water by
Simon and Garfunkel enters the
Billboard Album Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 – a position it will maintain for ten weeks.

A live concert by The Who at Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe, is recorded for future release as an album.
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Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks play the second of two nights at Brown's Hall, Mill Valley, California, USA.

Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

Delaney, Bonnie And Friends, including
Eric Clapton, play at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

UK pop music weekly Disc votes
Cliff Richard as the Best-Dressed Male Star in Britain.
Deep Purple play at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Dr Strangely Strange play at Les Cousins, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by
John Martyn.
Music trade magazine
Billboard in the USA reports that music business organisation the
R.I.A.A. is about to start an all-out war against record bootleggers and pirates.
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pentangle play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.