Galt MacDermot / James Rado / Gerome Ragni (d)

Galt McDermot, James Rado and the late Gerome Ragni wrote the groundbreaking rock musical “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” which furnished such pop hits as “Hair” and “Good Morning Starshine.” Rado and Ragni, who were also actors, later collaborated on the Off-Broadway production “Jack Sound And His Dog Star Blowing His Final Trumpet On The Day Of Doom.” McDermot is also known for scoring productions including “Woman Is Sweeter” and “Rhinoceros” and compositions that have been sampled by hip-hop artists like Busta Rhymes.

Key songs in the McDermot/Rado/Ragni catalog include “Aquarius,” “Easy To Be Hard,” “Good Morning Starshine,” “Hair” and “Let The Sunshine In.”

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