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Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Shadows play during a three-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe, with Brian Locking standing in for bassist John Rostill who has suffered a nervous breakdown. 
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jazz vocalist Bobbe Norris is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
The three-day long Autorama is staged at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Over the course of the three days, acts appearing include The 
Rolling Stone magazine reports that "The Rolling Stones' own television and recording studio in London is nearly underway. Four sites in London are under consideration for the studio which will have the capacity to handle TV promotional film production."Georgie Fame and The New Faces are the musical guests on tonight edition of BBC1-tv programme The Rolf Harris Show, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Normie Rowe And The Playboys do their final live show together at The Op-Pop disco in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, beforw Normie goes off to undertake two years of National Service in the army.
Johnny Tillotson plays the second of two nights at The Shriners Convention in Los Angeles, California, USA.Neil Diamond, Mitch Ryder, The Fallen Angels and The Human Beinz appear on tv show Upbeat, recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience have a photo session for Top Pop magazine in London, England, UK, Europe.
A superstar gathering takes place at a recording session for the album McGough And McGear, under the supervision of The Beatles' Paul McCartney, at De Lane Lea Studios. In the studio are Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Graham Nash of The Hollies, Dave Mason of Traffic and Zoot Money.
The Move, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Fleetwood Mac and Fairport Convention play at The 'New' Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Butterfield Blues Band, The Charles Lloyd Quartet and The Ultimate Spinach play the last of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Cream, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play at the University of London Union, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Doors play the second of two nights at the Carousel Theater In the Round, West Covina, California, USA, supported by The Sunshine Company.
The Monkees are working on the songs Seeger's Theme and Merry Go Round, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan makes his first concert appearance since his 1966 motorcycle crash, when he and The Band perform at the Tribute To Woody Guthrie Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
On a tour to promote their second Smash Records LP, Love Lost And Found, Jay And The Techniques play in Houston, Texas, USA.Blossom Dearie, Long John Baldry and Simon Dupree are the musical guests on tonights edition of the BBC-1 tv show Dee Time, hosted by Simon Dee.
Pink Floyd play at Hastings Pier, Hastings, England, UK, Europe. This is believed to have been the last gig at which Syd Barrett played with the group.
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John Fred and His Playboy Band hit the Billboard Singles Chart No1 slot in the USA with Judy In Disguise (With Glasses).
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Henry Mancini conducts The Bambi Festival Symphony Orxchestra at The Bambi Festival in Munich, Germany, Europe.
The Roman Numerals play at Babson Institute, Babson, Massachusetts, USA.
The Herd play at Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe, supported by Floribunda Rose.
Traffic play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Cavaliers. Traffic's singer and keyboard player, Steve Winwood, will go on to carve out a massively successful solo career, especially in the USA.
The Amboy Dukes play at Burton's, Uxbridge, England, UK, Europe.
The 'N Betweens play at Queens Beat Club, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. The band's members will find greater fame after a name-change to Slade.Billboard magazine in the USA reports that, because of 'spiraling instrument costs' the average five-man teenage rock band now spends $5,000 to buy the equipment needed to get started.
Spicks And Specks by The Bee Gees reaches No1 in the pop singles chart, Tio i topp, in Sweden, Europe.
Genesis, Siegel Schwall and Mother Earth play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.The Gods play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mabel Greer's Toyshop. The Gods include Greg Lake, later to find greater success with Emerson Lake And Palmer (ELP), and Mabel Greer's Toyshop incudes two future members of Yes, Peter Banks and Chris Squire.
The Who, Small Faces and Paul Jones kick off a tour of Australia and New Zealand with a concert in The Royal Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania. After the gig, Keith Moon of The Who drives off in a rental car, which he later parks in front of a motel's reception desk.
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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 rock musical