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"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 (music), released as a single by American R&B group the 5th Dimension.
Let The Sunshine In is the sixteenth studio album by Diana Ross & the Supremes recorded and released by Motown in 1969.It contains the hit single "I'm Livin' in Shame" (the sequel to 1968's number-one hit "Love Child"), "The Composer," a Smokey Robinson composition that peaked at number 27, and "No Matter What Sign You Are," - a single produced by Motown chief Berry Gordy that failed to crack ...
1969 "Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" Pop Singles 1 1969 "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" Adult Contemporary 1 1969 "Wedding Bell Blues" Adult Contemporary 1 1969 "Wedding Bell Blues" Black Singles 23 1969 "Wedding Bell Blues" Pop Singles 1 1969 "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" Black Singles 15 1969
The 5th Dimension recorded the medley "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" in 1969, creating a #1 hit single. The Cowsills covered "Hair" in 1969, hitting #2. [15] Oliver covered "Good Morning Starshine" in 1969, hitting #3. Strawberry Alarm Clock covered "Good Morning Starshine" in 1969, charting at #87. [16]
Its Broadway cast album won a Grammy Award in 1969, and the musical generated three number-one singles that year: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "Good Morning Starshine", and the title song "Hair". His next musicals were Isabel's a Jezebel (1970) and Who the Murderer Was (1970), which featured British progressive rock band Curved Air. [5]
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 movement.
A medley of "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (from the musical Hair) reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April to May 1969 and won the Grammy for 'Record of the Year'. [8] The group's recording of another Nyro composition, "Wedding Bell Blues", topped the Hot 100 in November 1969. McCoo performing at Eastern Michigan University
A medley of "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (from the musical Hair) reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in April to May 1969 and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The group's recording of "Wedding Bell Blues" topped the US Hot 100 in November 1969. Davis sang the male lead on the group's singles "A Change Is Gonna Come ...