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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 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.
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.
The two-album set Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home by Taj Mahal, peaks at No85 in the Billboard Top 100 Albums chart in the USA.
Abbey Road by The Beatles enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
Spirit, Joe Cocker and Blodwyn Pig play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
British weekly pop paper Disc And Music Echo reviews a new album called David Bowie, and declares that the artist will prove to be 'a lasting talent'.
Zoot Money plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, UK.
Pink Floyd release the part-live, part-studio double album Ummagumma in the UK.
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UK music weekly the New Musical Express [NME] reports that Bob Dylan has returned from his lengthy sojourn in Woodstock in upstate New York to Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, and is living on Macdougal Street.
Peter, Paul And Mary release a new single, Leavin' On A Jet Plane, in the USA.
Sugar Sugar by bubblegum group The Archies hits No1 in the UK pop singles chart, and stays there for eight weeks.
The Incredible String Band play at The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK.
The third day of the 12th Berkeley Folk Festival is held at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. Artists appearing over the four days of the event include Doug Kershaw, The Youngbloods, Country Joe McDonald, John Fahey, Commander Cody, Charley Musselwhite, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup and Sam Hinton.
San Francisco-based Latin-rock pioneers Santana enter the Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Chart with their debut single, Jingo, which will peak at No56.
Abbey Road by The Beatles enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 during a 32-week stay.
Steppenwolf play in the Jahrhunderthall, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
Entering at No57, the highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival.