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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.
Ashton, Gardner And Dyke play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, Europe.
Hawkwind play at Woolwich Poly, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Marsha Hunt.
Canned Heat, Renaissance and Deep Purple play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who perform their rock opera, Tommy, at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe. Backstage, before the show starts, Pete Townshend writes I Don't Even Know Myself.
Harmony Grass release a new single, Cecilia / Mrs Ritchie, in the UK on RCA Records. Cecilia is a Paul Simon composition.
The Third Ear Band play at the North Staffs College of Technology, North Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Al Stewart.
The Soft Machine play in Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.
The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac and The Flock play on the opening night of The Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. After the show, The Grateful Dead are busted for drugs. Keyboard player Tom Constanten quits the group.
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Jackie De Shannon releases a new single Brighton Hill, on Imperial Records in the USA.
The Grant Green Octet records A Day In The Life, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, for Blue Note Records at A + R Studios, New York City, USA. At the same session, they also record Ain't It Funky Now, I'll Never Fall In Love Again and other tracks.
Creedence Clearwater Revival and Booker T. And The MG's jam together at Creedence's rehearsal space, Cosmo's Factory, Berkeley, California, USA.
Golden Earring play the second of three nights at The Trolley Club, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Pioneering British jazz-rock band Jon Hiseman's Colosseum play at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Van Der Graaf Generator and Sweet Water Canal play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Delaney And Bonnie release their debut album, Home, on Stax Records in the UK.
The Steve Miller Band plays the second of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Sha Na Na and Ten Wheel Drive.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the first of two nights in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The 2nd Lanchester Arts Festival is held in Coventry, UK, featuring Free, Mott The Hoople, Yes and Atomic Rooster.
Edwin Starr plays at The Victoriana Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. On the same day he also plays at the Mardi Gras club in Liverpool.
Elvis Presley continues his month-long second season at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The first recital of music played by a quartet of electronic Moog Synthesisers is held at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, under the direction of Gershon Kingsley.
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Edison Lighthouse reach No1 in the UK singles chart with Love Grows.
Mountain plus Jack Bruce And Friends play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Dion plays at Le Hibou, Ottawa, Canada.
Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart. The song was originally a hit for Ruby And The Romantics in 1963.
Delaney And Bonnie release their debut album, Home, on Stax Records in the UK.
The Supremes record Up The Ladder To The Roof and Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye for Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Creedence Clearwater Revival release a new single, Down On The Corner, in the UK on Liberty Records.