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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 rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Blues Project are playing during thirteen nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Every Mother's Son are playing during three nights at The Scene, New York City, USA.
The Copycats play at Hatchett's Playground, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway and Mad River play at Balconades, 181 W Santa Clara, San Jose, California, USA.
Aretha Franklin plays a 'homecoming' gig at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The day is declared Aretha Franklin Day by the city mayor, and at the show she is presented with Billboard magazine plaques recognising her achievements in 1967, including several gold disc awards. Playing to an audience of 12,000, the show hits a $60,000 gross - a record-breaking total for the venue.
The Cream spend the seventh of eleven days of recording tracks in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, for their double album Wheels Of Fire.
Buffalo Springfield record Questions and Merry-Go-Round in Sunset Sound studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Amen Corner play at The Hillside, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.
The Showstoppers release their debut single, Ain't Nothin' But A House Party, in the UK on Beacon Records.
The Who play at Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac release their debut album Fleetwood Mac on Blue Horizon Records in the UK.
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Cat Stevens, Francoise Hardy, Tim Rose and Long John Baldry appear on Southern Television tv series Time For Blackburn, hosted by radio deejay Tony Blackburn in Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Two Of Each play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac play at The Candlelight Club, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA.
San Francisco heavy rock trio Blue Cheer plays the first of two nights at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The Beacon Street Union play during a three-night stand at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sheb Wooley aka Ben Colder records Tie A Tiger Down in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Byrds play at The McMillin Theater, Columbia University, New York City, USA, supported by Da Da.
The Moody Blues play at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play two concerts of Sacred Music at St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, play at Goldsmith College, New Cross, London, England, UK, Europe. Page will find greater success as a founder-member of Led Zeppelin.
The Nice play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Edwin Starr plays at The Boulevard, Tadcaster, England, UK, Europe, and also at The Crystal Ball, Castleford.
Peter, Paul And Mary play the first of two nights at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
The Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore and Phoenix play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jethro Tull release their debut single, Sunshine Day/Aeroplane, on MGM Records in the UK, but their name is mis-spelled on the record as Jethro Toe.
The Herd play at Didsbury Training College, Didsbury, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at The ICA Fibres Club, Pontypool, Wales, UK, Europe.
The Beatles EP [extended player] Magical Mystery Tour is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.
Status Quo play at Butts College, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The Mike Stuart Span release a new single, Children of Tomorrow / Concerto Of Thoughts, on Jewel Records in the UK.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Jethro Tull play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Miles Davis, with The Gil Evans Orchestra, records Falling Water, at Columbia Studios in New York City, USA.
The Troggs release a new single, Little Girl, in the UK. On the same day, they appear on BBC1-tv show All Systems Freeman, hosted by Alan Freeman, in London, England, UK, Europe.
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.