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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 musical comedy 
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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The 
Every Mother's Son are playing during three nights at The Scene, New York City, USA.
The Beacon Street Union play during a three-night stand at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Top Ten Singles in New Zealand on this date are :
1. Daydream Believer - The Monkees
2. Hello Goodbye … The Beatles
3. She's A Rainbow … Rolling Stones
4. World … The Bee Gees
5. Dear Eloise … The Hollies
6. Tin Soldier … Small Faces
7. Kitty … Cat Stevens
8. Love Is All Around … The Troggs
9. Neon Rainbow … The Box Tops
10. Sons And Lovers … Paul Jones
1. Daydream Believer - The Monkees
2. Hello Goodbye … The Beatles
3. She's A Rainbow … Rolling Stones
4. World … The Bee Gees
5. Dear Eloise … The Hollies
6. Tin Soldier … Small Faces
7. Kitty … Cat Stevens
8. Love Is All Around … The Troggs
9. Neon Rainbow … The Box Tops
10. Sons And Lovers … Paul Jones
San Francisco heavy rock trio Blue Cheer plays the second of two nights at the Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Lulu wins the Top British Girl Singer, Top TV Artist, Miss Valentine and Best Dressed Girl Star awards at The Disc And Music Echo Awards ceremony in London, England, UK, Europe. Never mind though, because at least Jimi Hendrix gets the Top Musician award.
Edwin Starr plays at The Tin Hat, Kettering, England, UK, Europe, and also at the Beachcomber, Nottingham.
The Foundations play two gigs in one night, first at The Carioca Club, then at The Queen Margaret Club, both in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Move, Maynard Ferguson, Eddy Arnold and Dakota Staton appear on the BBC tv show Dee Time in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at The Student's Union, College Of Technology, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac play at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, England, UK, Europe, supported by Cats Pyjamas.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, supported by Soft Machine, The Chessmen and Moving Sidewalks. Meanwhile, in the UK, Disc and Music Echo publishes its annual readers poll, showing Hendrix as Best Musician In The World.
Kaleidoscope play at Bradford University, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.The two-day long Boston Globe Jazz festival concludes at The War memprial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Gary Burton.
The Pretty Things play at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dantalian's Chariot.
There is a bomb scare when The Doors, The Sunshine Company and Hamilton Street Car play at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The audience leaves the venue, but the show is resumed and goes ahead without further incident.
The Gods play at The
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling US singles, is Too Much Talk by Paul Revere And The Raiders entering at No54.
Drummer Bill Ward plays his first gig with blues-rock band Mythology at the Globe Hotel in Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, UK, Europe. Already in the band is guitarist Tony Iommi. Both men will go on to greater success as founder-members of Black Sabbath.Pink Floyd play at Patronaat, Terneuzen, Netherlands, Europe, and also at Concertgebouw, Vlissingen, Netherlands.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford throw a party for The Supremes at The Club Dell'Aretusa, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, John Paul Getty, Michael Caine are among the guests.
The Cream spend the eighth of eleven days of recording tracks in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, for their double album Wheels Of Fire.
Barclay James Harvest play at Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
The Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore and Phoenix play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Pretty Things play at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dantalian's Chariot.
The rock musical