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Hair
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. The musical's profanity, its depiction of the use of illegal drugs, its treatment of sexuality, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy.The musical broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of "rock musical", using a racially integrated cast, and inviting the audience onstage for a "Be-In" finale.
Hair tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the "Age of Aquarius" living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves, and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society. Ultimately, Claude must decide whether to resist the draft as his friends have done, or to succumb to the pressures of his parents (and conservative America) to serve in Vietnam, compromising his pacifist principles and risking his life.
After an off-Broadway debut in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and a subsequent run at the Cheetah nightclub from December 1967 through January 1968, the show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances. Simultaneous productions in cities across the United States and Europe followed shortly thereafter, including a successful London production that ran for 1,997 performances. Since then, numerous productions have been staged around the world, spawning dozens of recordings of the musical, including the 3 million-selling original Broadway cast recording. Some of the songs from its score became Top 10 hits, and a feature film adaptation was released in 1979.
Music By - Galt MacDermot | Stage Date - 1967 | Film Date - 1979
Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media
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Galt MacDermot : Hair: Vocal Selections Aquarius * Let the Sunshine In * Good Morning Starshine * Electric Blues * What a Piece of Work Is Man * Alice Baby. Songlist: Aquarius (from "Hair"), Black Boys (from "Hair"), Easy to Be Hard (from "Hair"), Frank Mills (from "Hair"), Fourscore / Abie Baby (from "Hair"), Air (from "Hair"), Donna (from "Hair"), Electric Blues (from "Hair"), Good Morning Starshine (from "Hair"), Hair (from "Hair"), Hashish (from "Hair"), I Got Life (from "Hair"), I'm Black / Ain't Got No (from "Hair"), Let the Sunshine In, Manchester England (from "Hair"), Party Music, Somebody to Love, Three-Five-Zero-Zero (from "Hair"), Walking in Space (from "Hair"), What a Piece of Work Is Man / How Dare They Try (from "Hair"), Where Do I Go (from "Hair"), White Boys (from "Hair") 
James Rado : Hair - The Musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical took the counter-culture of the late 1960s and transformed it into the musical medium, featuring profanity, nudity, drug use and songs that would become anti-Vietnam War protest tunes. The musical was never just a product of its time though, as its enduring appeal has proven. Thirteen of its most popular songs, many of which remain well-loved today, are included in this songbook arranged for piano, vocal and guitar with full lyrics and chord symbols and boxes, including: Aquarius - Donna - The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In - Hair - Where Do I Go? - and more. Also includes an introduction about the show.
Various : Hair: Vocal Selections (Broadway Edition) The musical Hair was a cultural phenomenon in the epoch-changing era of the 1960s. Broadway has never been the same. This songbook includes highlights from the smash hit revival of the show, which has attracted raves from audiences and critics alike. Relive the new dawning of the Age of Aquarius and let the sun shine in! Titles: Air * Aquarius * Black Boys * Colored Spade * Donna * Easy to Be Hard * Flesh Failures, The / Let the Sun Shine In * Frank Mills * Give Up All Desires * Going Down * Good Morning Starshine * Hair * Hare Krishna (Be In) * Hashish * I Believe in Love * I Got Life * I'm Black / Ain't Got No * Initials * Manchester England * My Conviction * Old Fashioned Melody / Electric Blues * Sodomy * Three-Five-Zero-Zero * Walking in Space * What a Piece of Work Is Man * Where Do I Go? * White Boys * Yes, I's Finished on Y'alls Farmlands / Abie Baby. Songlist: Hair, Fourscore / Abie Baby, Walking in Space, Electric Blues, What a Piece of Work Is Man / How Dare They Try, I Got Life, Manchester England, Hashish, Air, Easy to Be Hard, Black Boys, Where Do I Go, I'm Black / Ain't Got No, Three-Five-Zero-Zero, White Boys, Donna, Good Morning Starshine, Aquarius, Frank Mills, Sodomy, Hare Krishna / Be-In, Flesh Failures / Eyes Look Your Last / Let the Sunshine In, Colored Spade, Sheila Franklin / I Believe in Love, Initials, Going Down, My Conviction, Oh Great God of Power / Manchester England (Reprise), Yes, I'm Finished on Y'all's Farmlands, Give Up All Desires |
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