''Hair'' is a 1968 cast recording of the musical ''

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label. Sarah Erlewine, for AllMusic, wrote: "The music is heartening and invigorating, including the classics '

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Good Morning Starshine "Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical '' Hair'' (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969 and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969 for the singer Oliver. The chorus makes extensive use of appar ...

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Let the Sunshine In "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 ...

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Easy to Be Hard "Easy to Be Hard" is a song from the 1967 rock musical ''Hair''. It was written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni, who put the musical together in the mid-1960s. The original recording of the musical featuring the song was release ...

.' The joy that has been instilled in this original Broadway cast recording shines through, capturing in the performances of creators

Gerome Ragni Gerome Ragni (born Jerome Bernard Ragni; September 11, 1935 – July 10, 1991) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter, best known as one of the stars and co-writers of the 1967 musical '' Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical''. On Jun ...

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James Rado James Alexander Radomski (January 23, 1932 – June 21, 2022), 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 ...

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, Yahoo Music, December 12, 2016 The recording also received a Grammy Award in 1969 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album and sold nearly 3 million copies in the U.S. by December 1969."Television: "Hairzapoppin'""
''Time'' (December 12, 1969). Retrieved on June 24, 2020. ''The New York Times'' noted in 2007 that "The cast album of ''Hair'' was ... a must-have for the middle classes. Its exotic orange-and-green cover art imprinted itself instantly and indelibly on the psyche. ... tbecame a pop-rock classic that, like all good pop, has an appeal that transcends particular tastes for genre or period." In 2018, the Original Broadway Cast Recording was added to the

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Galt MacDermot 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 ''Hai ...

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Ronnie Dyson Ronald Dyson (June 5, 1950 – November 10, 1990) was an American soul and R&B singer and actor. Early career Born in Washington, D.C., Dyson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he sang in church choirs. At 18 years of age, he won a lead role ...

# "Donna" 2:08 —

# "Hashish" 1:03 — Cast # "Sodomy" 0:50 Steve Curry # "Colored Spade" 1:10 — Lamont Washington # "Manchester England" 1:20 —

# "I'm Black" 0:36 — Lamont Washington, Steve Curry, Gerome Ragni, James Rado # "Ain't Got No" 0:43 — Steve Curry, Lamont Washington,

Melba Moore Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba Smith (sources differ) (born October 29, 1945), known by her stage name Melba Moore, is an American singer and actress. Biography Early life and education Moore was born Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba ...

# "I Believe In Love" 1:06 — Melba Moore* # "Ain't Got No" (reprise) 1:16 — Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Melba Moore # "Air" 1:15 — Sally Eaton,

Shelley Plimpton Shelley Plimpton (born February 27, 1947) is an American former actress and Broadway performer. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Crissy in the off-Broadway production of ''Hair'', a role she resumed when the production moved ...

, Melba Moore # "Initials (LBJ)" 0:55 — Cast # "I Got Life" 3:05 — James Rado # "Going Down" 2:18 — Gerome Ragni* # "

" 2:55 — James Rado, Gerome Ragni # "My Conviction" 1:36 — Jonathan Kramer # "

" 2:35 — Lynn Kellogg # "Don't Put It Down" 2:00 — Steve Curry, Gerome Ragni # "Frank Mills" 2:05 — Shelley Plimpton # "Be-In (Hare Krishna)" 3:00 — Cast # "Where Do I Go?" 2:40 — James Rado # "Electric Blues" 2:35 —

Paul Jabara Paul Jabara, also known as Paul Frederick Jabara, (January 31, 1948 – September 29, 1992) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry, born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote Donna Summer's Oscar-winning " Last Dance" from ...

* # "Manchester England" (Reprise) 0:30 — James Rado # "Black Boys" 1:10 — Diane Keaton, Suzannah Norstrand, Natalie Mosco # "White Boys" 2:28 — Melba Moore, Lorrie Davis & Emmaretta Marks # "Walking In Space" 5:00 — Cast # "Abie Baby" 2:45 — Lamont Washington, Ronnie Dyson, Donnie Burks & Lorrie Davis # "

Three-Five-Zero-Zero "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" is an anti-war song, from the 1967 musical '' Hair'', consisting of a montage of words and phrases similar to those of the 1966 Allen Ginsberg poem " Wichita Vortex Sutra". In the song, the phrases are combined to create i ...

" 3:09 — Cast # " What a Piece of Work is Man" 1:36 — Ronnie Dyson & Walter Michael Harris # "

" 2:30 — Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore, James Rado, Gerome Ragni # "The Bed" 2:56 — Cast* # " The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)" 3:35 — James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore * The original LP release (RCA Victor LSO-1150) omitted a few tracks due to space limitations: "I Believe In Love", "Going Down", "Electric Blues" and "The Bed", as well as short reprises, and placed "Easy to Be Hard" after "Black Boys/White Boys". The full track list above was included on later CD issues.

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Steve Gillette Since their marriage in 1989, Steve Gillette (born 1942) and Cindy Mangsen have been traveling, performing and recording together. Their album ''Live In Concert'', recorded at The Ark in Ann Arbor in 1991, is available from their own company, Co ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Jimmy Lewis — bass * Galt McDermot —

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

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Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad ( ar, إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such a ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Donald Leight, Eddy Williams —

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Zane Paul —

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

woodwinds Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed ...

*Donnie Burks, Steve Curry, Lorrie Davis, Ronald Dyson, Sally Eaton, Leata Galloway, Steve Gamet, Walter Harris,

Diane Keaton Diane Keaton ('' née'' Hall, born January 5, 1946) is an American actress and director. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over six decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Gl ...

Hiram Keller Hiram Keller (May 3, 1944 – January 20, 1997), born Hiram Keller Undercofler Jr., was an American stage and film actor who starred in European films. He is best known for his role as Ascyltus in Federico Fellini's 1969 film ''Satyricon''. ...

, Lynn Kellogg, Jonathan Kramer, Marjorie LiPari, Emmaretta Marks,

, Mike Moran, Natalie Mosco, Suzannah Norstrand,

, Robert Rubinsky, Lamont Washington — vocals

Cover versions

Nina Simone Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, ...

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Ain't Got No, I Got Life "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album Nuff Said''. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical ''Hair (musical), Hair'', with lyrics by James Rad ...

" in 1968, peaking at number 2 in the UK and at number 1 in the Netherlands. It also charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it reached number 94. *

The 5th Dimension The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera, and Broadway. Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966. Betwee ...

covered "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" in 1969, creating a #1 hit single. *

The Cowsills The Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island, six siblings noted for performing professionally and singing harmonies at an early age, later with their mother. The band was formed in early 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and ...

covered "Hair" in 1969, hitting #2. * Oliver covered "Good Morning Starshine" in 1969, hitting #3. *

Strawberry Alarm Clock Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 with origins in Glendale, California Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 20 ...

covered "Good Morning Starshine" in 1969, charting at #87. Unterberger, Ritchie
Liner notes
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Three Dog Night Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, with founding members consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup ...

covered "Easy to Be Hard" in 1969, hitting #4. * Run–D.M.C. sampled "Where Do I Go?" in their 1993 song " Down with the King", which charted at #21 on the Hot 100.

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