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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 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.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play during a week in cabaret at Tito's, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Solomon King is playing during a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobby Bare is playing during a five-night engagement at The Taft Hotel, New York City, USA.
Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
The Fugs play at Alumnae Hall Pembroke College, Rhode Island, USA.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Salem, Virginia, USA.
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred And His Playboy Band is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
It is reported that three recording artists - The Standells, Bobbie Gentry and Vic Damone - have recently formed their own companies. The Standells have started and independent record production company, Big 5 Productions Inc; Gentry has formed publishing and production business Gentry Ltd; and Damone has also begun a publishing house, Madiv Music (BMI).
Young Girl by The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2 during a thirteen-week run.
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Clara Ward And The Ward Singers play the second of two nights of benefit shows for The Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital, at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spooky Tooth play at Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of three nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jimmy McGriff is playing at The Flamingo Playmate Lounge, Washington DC, USA.
Blue Cheer, supported by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Nazz, play at Earl Warren Fairgrounds, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Terry Reid's Fantasia play at The Starlight Ballroom, Boston, England, UK, Europe.
The Gods play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Leslie Uggams is playing during an engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Who release a new single, Call Me Lightning, in the USA.
Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Spokane, Washington, USA.
The Move play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Lewiston Armoury, Lewiston, Maine, USA.
The Grateful Dead play the second of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Rob Hoeke R'n'B Group enters the Dutch Singles Chart with Drinking On My Bed on Philips Records. It will peak at No11 during a run of nine weeks on the chart in the Netherlands.
Scarborough Fair by Simon And Garfunkel enters the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the USA.
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Linda Keith, girlfriend of Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, collapses in her apartment in Belgravia, London, England, UK, Europe.
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding tops the Billboard R'n'B Chart in the USA for the first of three weeks, and the national chart for the first of four weeks. Redding wrote the song while living on a houseboat overlooking San Francisco Bay.
The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
Traffic play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Fats Domino is playing during an engement in the lounge of the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Who play at The City Auditorium, Beaumont, Texas, USA.
On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play the second of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Buffalo Springfield are on the same bill.
Nancy Ames appears on the tv show Hollywood Palace in the USA.
Bill Medley appears on the tv show Happening '68 in the USA.
The Mystic Tide are playing during a five-week engagement at Glenside Inn, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York State, USA.
The Rolling Stones spend the second of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd and Junior's Eyes play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Pink Floyd also play at The Crawdaddy Club, Hampton Court, London.
The Herd play at Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe.
(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick peaks at No2 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that of the 200 titles on the current album chart, 171 are currently available as 8-track cartridges (as well as standard LPs and cassettes).
The Magnificent Men play at St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Forever Came Today by The Supremes entering at No54.
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.