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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.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
Johnny Cash plays at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks.
Charley Pride records Let The Chips Fall, for RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Ike And Tina Turner play at The Locarno, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Muddy Waters plays live at the Super Cosmic Joy Scout Jamboree in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the performance is recorded and some tracks will appear on the album Fathers And Sons. The performance also includes Michael Bloomfield on guitar, Paul Butterfield on harmonica and Donald 'Duck' Dunn on bass.
Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 play the second of two nights in the HIC Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Alan Price Set play at The Mistrale Club (formerly Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
Buffalo Springfield play at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Bee Gees, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, The Foundations and The Grapefruit play at the The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Doors play at The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aaron Comess, co-founder and drummer of The Spin Doctors, is born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers record the song Knockers Step Forwards at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe. It is intended for the album Bare Wires, but is not released.
The Idle Race play at Mackadown, Mackadown Lane, Kitts Green, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The 'N Betweens, who will find greater success as Slade.
Fairport Convention play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Kinks play at The ABC, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Bobbie Gentry sings Louisiana Man and Sermon, on The Jonathan Winters Show on CBS-tv in the USA. In the same edition, Marilyn Michaels sings All or Nothing at All.
Canned Heat release a new single, On The Road Again, on Liberty Records in the USA.
Robert Plant plays at Three Men In A Boat, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe. Plant will find greater fame after joining Led Zeppelin.
What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong reaches No1 in the UK popular Singles Chart for the first of four weeks.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Nick's Boogie 1st, 2nd and 3rd movts.
The Byrds record The Christian Life and Blue Canadian Rockies for Columbia Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience are working on Gypsy Eyes, at The Record Plant, New York City, USA.
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The Beatles-owned company Apple Records turns down aspiring singer-songwriter David Bowie.
Count Basie and Georgie Fame play at The Odeon, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
Eddy Arnold begins a seven-week run as host of NBC-tv's variety show The Kraft Music Hall, in the USA. Arnold sings Somebody Like Me, You Don't Know Me and I Want To Go With You and welcomes trumpet player Al Hirt as a guest.
Eric 'Bobo' Correa, hip-hop percussionist and member of Cypress Hill and The Beastie Boys, is born in Queens, New York City, USA.
San Francisco band Moby Grape record Seeing for their Columbia Records album entitled Moby Grape 69.
The No1 Single in the Go Set National Singles Chart in Australia is Love Is Blue by Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra.
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.