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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 musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Righteous Brothers are playing at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Parliaments are playing during ten nights at Phelp's Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Led by George Clinton, the group will eventually evolve into funk pioneers Parliament and Funkadelic.
The Dells are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Etta James, The Coasters, The Vibrations, Freddie Scott, The Jive Five and Jimmy Pelham are playing at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Leon Bibb is playing during a thirteen-night engagement at The Maisonette in the St. Regis Hotel, New York City, USA.
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper record tracks for the live album Super Session, in Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Columbia Records.
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Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the eighth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mike Nesmith of The Monkees is in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, working on the song Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care). The track is intended for an upcoming Monkees album, but it will not be released until he re-records it as a track on his third solo album, Nevada Fighter.
Henry Mancini is playing during two weeks at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
A meeting is held in New York City, USA, about the complex legal suit between Ed Chalpin's PPX Records and Jimi Hendrix (about his recording contracts).
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The Hamonicats are the musical guests on the tv show Bob Braun's 50-50 Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Waylon Jennings opens at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.
The Arthur Lyman Quartet is playing during a run of dates at Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Club, Torrance, California, USA. Vibraphonist Lyman is considered a pioneer of the exotica style of music, which blended Hawaiian styles with jazz and pop.
Syd Barrett, formerly of Pink Floyd, records Late Night in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Kylie Minogue is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.
Fairport Convention record a live session for BBC Radio show Top Gear, in Studio 1, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play at the Pacific Center, Long Beach, California, USA.
The Hollies, The Scaffold and Paul Jones and the Mike Vickers Orchestra play at the The Odeon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jeff Beck plays at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Four Tops, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Barbara Randoph and Hugh Masekela play during six nights at The Carousel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald records two medleys of popular songs at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Brother and The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, record the George Gershwin composition Summertime, for their Columbia Records debut album Cheap Thrills in California, USA.
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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.