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Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. The work reflects the creators' observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement.
Years active. 1954–2018. Musical artist. Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His most-successful musicals were Hair (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and Two Gentlemen ...
The musical’s title song begins as character Claude slowly croons his reason for his long hair, as tribe-mate Berger joins in singing they "don't know." [1] They lead the tribe, singing "Give me a head with hair," "as long as God can grow it," [1] listing what they want in a head of hair and their uses for it.
The 'Hair' Broadway cast album spawned four top five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the No. 1 smash “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by The 5th Dimension.
Occupation (s) Theatre director, composer, actor. Years active. 1960s–1990s. Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009) was an American theater and film director, composer, actor and musician. He is best known for his Broadway work as director of the hit musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. During his career he sought to achieve a ...
writer. composer. Notable work. Hair. James Alexander Radomski (January 23, 1932 – June 21, 2022), [1] known professionally as James Rado, was an American actor, playwright, director, and composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the 1967 musical Hair. He and Ragni won for Best Musical Theater Album at the 11th Annual ...
Brian Drutman, Denis McNamara, Norrie Paramor, Andy Wiswell [1] Hair is a 1968 cast recording of the musical Hair on the RCA Victor label. Sarah Erlewine, for AllMusic, wrote: "The music is heartening and invigorating, including the classics ' Aquarius,' ' Good Morning Starshine,' ' Let the Sunshine In,' 'Frank Mills' ... and ' Easy to Be Hard.'.
For other uses, see Let the Sunshine In (disambiguation). " Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) " (commonly called " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In ", " The Age of Aquarius " or " Let the Sunshine In ") is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado and Gerome Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot ...