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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.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sonny And Cher are playing during a week of shows at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Checkmates.
Trini Lopez is playing during three weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Love play the second of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Black Pearl.
Santana, Big Brother And The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) and Kaleidoscope play in the Palace of Fine Arts Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Big Mama Thornton (featuring Harmonica George), John Stewart and Buffy Ford, .
Ten Years After play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Keef Hartley.
The Grateful Dead and The Sons of Champlin play at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
P.P. Arnold plays at The Bridge Place Country Club, in Bridge, near Canterbury, England, UK, Europe.
Spooky Tooth play the first of three nights at The Cheetah Club, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Rascals and The Vagrants headline the final day of the New York Rock Festival, Singer Bowl, Queens, New York City, USA.
The Doors play at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA, supported by Earth Opera.
The Beatles release their new single, Hey Jude/Revolution, on Apple Records in the UK, Europe.
Another in the series of Sound-Out Mini-festivals begins in Woodstock, New York State, USA. Artists appearing at the three-day event include the Colwell-Winfield Blues Band, Frank Wakefield, Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys, Peter Walker and Scott Fagan.
The Byrds release the album Sweetheart Of The Rodeo in the USA on Columbia Records.
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The Litter play at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Nova Express.
Yes play at The Civic Centre, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Grapefruit play at The Top Rank, Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe.
Roy Orbison plays the twenty-sixth night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ben E. King plays two gigs in one night, first at the Royal, Tottenham, London, England, UK, Europe, then at The Birdcage, Harlow, UK, Europe.
The Sam Goody music retail chain files for permission to go public by issuing 160,000 common shares at $16 per share in the USA.
Songwriter Tony Hatch and singer Jackie Trent leave the UK on board the Queen Elizabeth, heading for New York City, USA. Hatch is to have business meetings which may lead to him working with Frank Sinatra.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Lagoon Opera House, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, supported by Soft Machine. While in his Newhouse Hotel room, Henrdix writes liner notes for Warner Brothers to use in the production of the Electric Ladyland. On the same day, engineer Eddie Kramer sends the completed tape of Hendrix's album Electric Ladyland to be mastered.
The Move release a new single, Wild Tiger Woman, in the UK on Regal Zonophone Records. The lyric includes the line "tied to the bed, she's waiting to be fed", which will cause the single to be banned from BBC Radio 1.
Paul McCartney attends the wedding of Neil Aspinall, a long time staff member with The Beatles, in Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Equals play at Alconbury US Base, Alconbury, England, UK, Europe.
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.