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The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.
Kathy Keegan is playing during four weeks at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Xavier Cugat is headlining during three weeks at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Charo.
Italian-American tenor Sergio Franchi is playing at The Copacabana, New York City, USA, during a two-week season.
Glenda Grainger is playing during two weeks at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Honeycombs are undertaking a month of live appearances at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Mark Murphy opens at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues return to the UK at the end of a tour of the USA.
Jazz alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis are recording tracks for their Verve Records LP Blue Pyramid in New York City, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at the Star Club, Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon is born in St. Ann, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as dancehall singer Shabba Ranks.
The Move is founded in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, by ex-members of three of the city's most popular bands, Mike Sheridan And The Nightriders, Carl Wayne And The Vikings and Danny King And The Mayfair Set.
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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at the Town Hall, Bridgewater, UK, Europe
Ken Kesey, a leader of San Francisco's influential counterclture activists The Merry Pranksters, is tried on a charge of marijuana possession. He is found guilty and sentenced to six months on a work farm plus three years probation.
The Supremes are playing during a two-week engagement at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Pioneering psychedelic rock band the 13th Floor Elevators release their debut single You're Gonna Miss Me, written by frontman Roky Erickson, on Contact Records, in the USA.
The Kinks play at The Silver Blades, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The tv pop music documentary, A Boy Called Donovan, is broadcast in the UK.
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Rock'n'roll vocalist Jerry Evans opens at The Happening Room, Barcelona Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Burl Ives, with Owen Bradley as producer, records Medicine Man, Here She Comes There She Goes and The Sixties in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Verona-based band I Kings release La Riposta - an Italian-language version of Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan on Durium Records in Italy, Europe.
Bill Haley and His Comets record La Cucaracha A Go Go, Mohair Sam, Hi Heel Sneakers, Pancho and other tracks for Orfeon Records in Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
Simon And Garfunkel release a new album, The Sounds Of Silence, in the USA on Columbia Records.
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Davie Bowie And The Lower Third play at The Holly Bush, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, Europe. Davie will in due course change his name to David Bowie.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows record the A and B-sides of their next single, Blue Turns To Grey/Somebody Loses in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. Blue Turns To Grey is composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.
Miles Davis releases a new live LP, Four And More, on Columbia Records in the USA. The album had been recorded two years earlier in the Philharmonic Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.
Marty Robbins releases a new single, Private Wilson White, in the USA on Columbia Records.
Having viewed a shortened and recut 16mm version of the pilot show for The Monkees, NBC-tv decides to pick the series up for broadcast.
The Hollies play in The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Anthony's Bookend Revue is playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jerry Vale is playing at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Art Farmer's New York Jazz Sextet completes recording of its only album, in New York City, USA.
The Artwoods play in The Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Swingle Singers begin a concert tour in France, Europe.
The Everly Brothers perform The Price Of Love on tv show Hullabaloo in the USA. This edition also features The Vogues and Trini Lopez.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Evie Sands performing and The Vogues performing Five 0'Clock World.
The Small Faces play in The Town Hall, Chatham, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
Pete Seeger releases his sixth studio album, God Bless The Grass, on Columbia Records in the USA.