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Hair ' s cast album stayed at No. 1 for 13 weeks in 1969. [2] The recording also received a Grammy Award in 1969 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album [3] and sold nearly 3 million copies in the U.S. by December 1969. [4] The New York Times noted in 2007 that "The cast album of Hair was ... a must-have for the middle classes. Its ...
The original Broadway cast recording received a Grammy Award in 1969 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album [118] and sold nearly 3 million copies in the U.S. by December 1969. [63] It charted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the last Broadway cast album to do so (as of 2024), and stayed at No. 1 for 13 weeks in 1969. [119]
Plimpton's acting career spanned from the mid-1960s to the late-1980s. She created the role of "Crissy" in the original 1967 Off-Broadway production of Hair, and continued the role as a member of the original Broadway cast when the production moved to Broadway in 1968. [3] [1] In both productions, she sang the song "Frank Mills".
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.
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.
Shortly before “Hair” opened at Broadway’s Biltmore Theater on April 29, 1968 — 50 years ago this month — Variety reported, “The musical is vehemently anti-establishment and pro ...
The songwriter and playwright, who starred in the original Broadway cast of the seminal musical, died of cardiorespiratory arrest. R.I.P. James Rado, Co-Writer of Broadway’s Hair Dead at 90 Abby ...
Hadestown cast recordings; Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Hair (Original London Cast Recording) Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) Hairspray (2002 album) Hamilton (album) Harry on Broadway, Act I; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (soundtrack) Here Lies Love; High School Musical (soundtrack) High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)