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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 rock musical 
Janis Joplin is added to the list of artists confirmed for the Woodstock Festival, with a fee of $15,000. On the same day, Johnny Winter's manager, Steve Paul, confirms that his artist will play at Woodstock for a fee of $7,500.
Overdubs are added to The Supremes' tracks The Weight, Uptight and Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, at Hitsville Studios, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Roy Orbison is playing during a two-week season at Batley Variety Club, England, UK, Europe.
Jay And The Americans release a new single, Hushabye, on United Artists Records in the USA. The song, written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, was originally a hit for The Mystics in 1959.
Columbia Records in the USA begins a brief marketing campaign based around the slogan, "The Man Can't Bust our Music". The intention is to ingratiate Columbia with music-buying hippies. Unfortunately for Columbia, hippies firmly believe that major record labels and 'the man' are virtually synonymous, so this appallingly patronising campaign backfires, making the label seem cynical and seriously out of touch.
Fleetwood Mac, B.B. King, Duster Bennett and Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Noel Harrison, Bobbie Gentry and Harpers Bizarre appear in a tv special, The Spring Thing, in the USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play the first of two nights at California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA, with Big Mama Thornton and The Weeds.
Wild Man Fischer releases his debut album, An Evening With Wild Man Fischer, on Bizarre Records in the USA.Conway Twitty begins recording the album Hello Darlin' at Bradley's Barn, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Johnny Winter's manager, Steve Paul, confirms that his artist will play at The Woodstock Festival for a fee of $7,500.