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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.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Paupers play during thirteen nights at The Electric Circus, New York City, USA.
Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
The Penny Peeps play at Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles' latest single, Lady Ma donna, is released in the USA on Capitol Records.
Jimi Hendrix jams at his apartment in Warwick Hotel, West 54th St, New York City, USA, with Paul Caruso. Later, he jams again at Sound Center with Paul Caruso, Stephen Stills, Ken Pine, Jimmy Mayes.
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The Steve Miller Band releases its debut single, Sittin' In Circles, in the USA.
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The Nice and The Exception play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jethro Tull play at The Star, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jerry Butler records Never Give You Up at Cameo-Parkway Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with production duo Kenny Gamble And Leon Huff.
Spooky Tooth play at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones spend the fourth of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones and his wife Shirley become the parents of a girl, Serafina.
During a late night jam at Steve Paul's The Scene Club in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, USA, two of the sixties most fabled figures, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of The Doors, take the stage together. But what should be a thrilling meeting of musical minds disintegrates into a sordid stage-front brawl which ends with Janis Joplin smashing a bottle on Morrison's head.
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Status Quo play at The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha closes at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, after running for almost two and a half years. It will transfer immediately to The Martin Beck Theatre.
Judy Garland slips in her bathtub at The St. Moritz hotel in New York City, USA, injuring her left shoulder and collarbone. She is admitted to St. Claire's Hospital and given demerol for the pain. Lacking funds to play the medical bill, she is forced to pawn two of her diamond rings for $1000 at The Provident Loan Society on Park Avenue.
The Mighty Quinn, a cover of a Bob Dylan composition, by Manfred Mann reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
At a party in San Francisco, California, USA, Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead jams with Traffic.
Ten Years After play at The Cromwellian, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play at the Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA.
The Herd play at The Town Hall, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
Fairport Convention play on the David Symonds Show on BBC Radio in the UK.
Frankie Laine opens at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Neil Diamond signs a five year recording contract with Uni Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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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.