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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Blues Project are playing during thirteen nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Roman Numerals are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Tony Bennett plays at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
The Four Tops are playing at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Herd play at The Locarno, Derby, England, UK, Europe.
The Nice play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Barclay James Harvest play at Sybilla's, London, England, UK, Europe.
Buffalo Springfield submit completed tracks to Atlantic Records for their third album, Last Time Around. Mixing sessions will begin in New York City, USA, at the end of the month.
Tom Jones is playing at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
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Blues harmonica maestro Little Walter (Jacobs) dies, apparently from head injuries sustained in a knife fight in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
The Monkees are working on the songs The Poster, I'm Gonna Try and Party at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Eddie Boyd, The Boilerhouse and others play in A Basement Full Of Blues at The Middle Earth club, London, England, UK, Europe. Deejay for the event is John Peel.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles fly to Rishikesh, India, Asia, to spend time with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Ashram.
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Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Status Quo make their first appearance on UK tv show Top Of The Pops, performing Pictures Of Matchstick Men.
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The Cream spend the sixth of eleven days recording tracks in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, for the album Wheels Of Fire.
Skip Bifferty play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Timebox play at Hatchett's Playground, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jeff Beck does two radio interviews for the BBC in London, England, UK, Europe. First is for the programme Scene And Heard, and then later in the day he does Late Night Extra.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Trueblood Fieldhouse, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the James Cotton Blues Band and Albert King play at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, USA, supported by Soft Machine, Moving Sidewalks and Neal Ford And The Fanatics.
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The single I Say A Little Prayer by Dionne Warwick is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Every Mother's Son are playing during three nights at The Scene, New York City, USA.
Jim Morrison of The Doors visits the home of Elektra Records owner Jac Holzman in Los Angeles, California, USA, to give his son Adam a birthday gift of an African thumb piano.
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Manfred Mann return to the UK after playing at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, Europe.
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.