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Genre:
Jazz

Years Active:
'60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s






Galt MacDermot

Biography

In a career packed with varying types of compositions, Galt MacDermot is still best-known for the music he wrote in the late-'60s Aquarian musical Hair. Born and raised in Montreal, MacDermot was the son of a Canadian diplomat. He studied at Bishop's University, then at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, before moving to New York in 1964. Three years later, MacDermot's music for Hair, combined with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, made the show first an off-Broadway success, then a Broadway smash, and later a major motion picture. Of the several pop standards are "Let the Sunshine In," "Aquarius," "What a Piece of Work Is Man," "Good Morning Starshine," and the title song. In addition to the musicals, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Human Comedy, MacDermot composed ballet and film scores, chamber music, band repertory, and drama accompaniments. Also, he formed the New Pulse Jazz Band in 1979. . In a career packed with varying types of compositions, Galt MacDermot is still best-known for the music he wrote in the late-'60s Aquarian musical Hair. Born and raised in Montreal, MacDermot was the son of a Canadian diplomat. He studied at Bishop's University, then at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, before moving to New York in 1964. Three years later, MacDermot's music for Hair, combined with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, made the show first an off-Broadway success, then a Broadway smash, and later a major motion picture. Of the several pop standards are "Let the Sunshine In," "Aquarius," "What a Piece of Work Is Man," "Good Morning Starshine," and the title song. In addition to the musicals, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Human Comedy, MacDermot composed ballet and film scores, chamber music, band repertory, and drama accompaniments. Also, he formed the New Pulse Jazz Band in 1979.

Top Albums


1. Ghetto Suite
Hair (The New Broadway Cast Recording)
2. Hair (The Ne..
Hair: Special Anniversary Edition (Remastered Original Cast Recording)
3. Hair: Specia..
Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Deluxe Edition]
4. Hair (Origin..
Shapes of Rhythm/Woman Is Sweeter, Galt MacDermot
5. Shapes of Rh..
Up From The Basement - Unreleased Tracks - Volumes 1 & 2, Galt MacDermot
6. Up From The ..
Let the Sun Shine, Milk & Sugar
7. Let the Sun ..
The Human Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Galt MacDermot
8. The Human Co..
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), Galt MacDermot
9. Cotton Comes..
Nina, Marvin Sewell
10. Nina
Dear Mama Earth, Toussaint Liberator
11. Dear Mama Ea..
Purdie As a Picture, Galt MacDermot
12. Purdie As a ..
Up In Lights, Carl Davis
13. Up In Lights
Goddess Wheel, Galt MacDermot
14. Goddess Whee..
Foolish Lover, Galt MacDermot
15. Foolish Love..
Fergus MacRoy At the Homestead Upright, Galt MacDermot
16. Fergus MacRo..
The Nucleus, Galt MacDermot
17. The Nucleus
Many Faces of Song, Galt MacDermot
18. Many Faces o..
Live at the St. George Theatre, Galt MacDermot
19. Live at the ..
Asian Suite, Galt MacDermot
20. Asian Suite

Top Songs

NameAlbumTimePrice
1.
Cry SoundGhetto Suite2:01$0.99
2.
Black Street NightmareNucleus3:38$0.99
3.
Golden Apples, Pt. IINucleus3:51$0.99
4.
DufferNucleus3:29$0.99
5.
Love Scene (Climax)Nucleus1:54$0.99
6.
Golden Apples, Pt. IIINucleus4:12$0.99
7.
Golden Apples, Pt. INucleus3:39$0.99
8.
OpeningNucleus4:34$0.99
9.
Love SceneNucleus6:06$0.99
10.
BedroomNucleus4:08$0.99
11.
FishingNucleus6:03$0.99
12.
Biscuit BluesFergus MacRoy At the Homest..2:15$0.99
13.
Anne MarieFergus MacRoy At the Homest..3:44$0.99
14.
Goddess WheelGoddess Wheel3:04$0.99
15.
In the BlueGoddess Wheel2:27$0.99
16.
InvocationGoddess Wheel0:32$0.99
17.
Ain't Got No / I Got LifeWomen Only2:50$0.99
18.
Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)Broadway: The American Musi..3:37$0.99
19.
Ain't Got No / I Got LifeNina2:50$0.99
20.
Healing Her (Dub Remix)Dear Mama Earth3:34$0.99
21.
Get It TogetherDear Mama Earth2:47$0.99
22.
Mama's AideDear Mama Earth4:10$0.99
23.
Healing Her SoulDear Mama Earth2:40$0.99
24.
Human FlawsDear Mama Earth3:17$0.99
25.
Everything I OwnDear Mama Earth3:52$0.99

Top Music Videos

Aquarius (Ed Sullivan Show/Stereo/Live/1969), The 5th Dimension
1. Aquarius (Ed ...
Good Morning Starshine (Ed Sullivan Show Live 1970), Oliver
2. Good Morning ...
So Fresh, CJ Hilton
3. So Fresh
Let the Sun Shine, Milk & Sugar & Gary Nesta Pine
4. Let the Sun S...
Let the Sun Shine 2012 (feat. Lizzy Pattinson), Milk & Sugar
5. Let the Sun S...


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