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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.
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 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.
Glen Campbell is playing at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.
Sammy Davis Jr is acting as host of this week's Johnny Carson Show on tv in the USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Good Time Singers are playing a three week engagement at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
Jack Cassidy is playing during two weeks at The Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA.
The Scaffold play on the BBC tv show Whistle Stop in the UK. The show is hosted by Roger Whittaker.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the first of three nights at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
H.P. Lovecraft play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Colors.
The Doors, Ars Nova and Crome Syrcus play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. In his diary, Hendrix writes that the gig was "terrible" because the "stage manager dropped the power right in the middle of our set. So I am depressed. Gonna get completely smashed."
Procol Harum, The Hollies and The Herd appear on the BBC tv show All Syatems Freeman in the UK. The show is hosted by Alan Freeman.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the fourth of six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play at Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Pink Floyd play at Woolwich Polytechnic, Woolwich, England, UK, Europe.
Moby Grape, Traffic, Lemon Pipers and Spirit play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mike Douglas plays the first of two nights at The Felt Forum, New York City, USA.
The Move play at Park Hall, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jeff Beck plays at Walthamstow Technical College, Walthamstow, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues and Clouds play at The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Band record Chest Fever at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. It will appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.
Gene Pitney, Procol Harum and The Herd appear on the final edition of UK tv show All Systems Freeman.
The Herd play at The Whisky A'Go Go, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Dionne Warwick plays at Wayne State Universoty, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Gods play at The Northern Polytechnic, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Byrds play at The Community Concourse, San Diego, California, USA, supported by The Brain Police.
Spectrum appear on BBC radio's The Joe Loss Show in the UK.
Ten Years After play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles play at The University Of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Bee Gees release a new single, Jumbo / The Singer Sang His Song, on Polydor Records in the UK.
Kenny Rogers And The First Edition play at Lamar State College Of Technology, Beaumont, Texas, USA.
Siegel Schwall play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Savage Resurrection and Kaleidoscope.
Plastic Penny play at The Winter Gardens, Morecambe, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at Woolwich Polytechnic, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Toast play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Phil Ochs plays at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Rolling Stones spend the eighth of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Neil Diamond is playing during a twelve-day engagement at Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.
The Savoy Brown Blues Band plays at The Bluesville 68 Club, Manor House, London, England, UK, 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.