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Grammy and Tony-award winning composer, Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway score of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song, African Waltz, in 1960. His work spans the gamut of performing arts: musicals, ballet scores, film scores, chamber music, the Anglican liturgy, orchestral, poetry, drama accompaniments, band repertory and opera. Film scores include Rhinoceros, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mistress and HAIR. He draws inspiration from a wealth of musical styles, crossing the boundaries of jazz, folk, funk, gospel, reggae, and classical styles. He was born on December 18, 1928 in Montreal, the son of Elizabeth Savage and Terrence MacDermot, a Canadian diplomat. The elder MacDermot, a pianist, exposed his son to a variety of music at an early age. Through his father, young Galt heard opera and show music, classical pieces and swinging jazz, and he decided to pick up the recorder at age 5. By age 8 he had adopted the violin, but it wasn’t until he landed behind the piano at age 14 that he took a serious approach to music. Having heard Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons and the infectious boogie woogie sound emanating from the United States, MacDermot was hooked. He took school seriously - and landed a BA in History and English from Bishop University - but dedicated all of his spare time to music. His love for the great Duke Ellington grew and grew, and he became a self-described “jazz freak.

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8	Coffee Cold	57
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10	Good Morning Starshine	53
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ra5y wrote:
Wednesday evening

I got million-dollar charm, cousin! <3

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KakahDaschund wrote:
December 2011

"The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs." [3]

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violet01 wrote:
October 2011

extremely good :)

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NoNaMe350 wrote:
July 2011

Genius, a visionary and a great talent.

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burlesque_queen wrote:
February 2011

HAIR <3

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Larintha wrote:
January 2011

HAIR :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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brocklumber wrote:
July 2010

Space!

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RethaMilek wrote:
July 2010

Hair is the best movie I've ever seen. Easy to be hard is the most beautiful song. All in all I love it!

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MJakubek wrote:
April 2010

Hair i space najlepsze ! :)

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G13151420195 wrote:
April 2010

v 100% agree.

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Eldrianne wrote:
April 2010

@atsugi - it's impossible like that; following this way we should put on lastfm every lyric writer, or poet. And also we should give honour to perfomers of songs... It's unable to manage to keep absolute order in scrobbling, so just don't worry. ^^ Anyway, "Hair" is amazing...

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AlkioneX wrote:
January 2010

I don't agree. Actually why don't we start scrobbling with artists who really sing those songs e.g. Treat Williams, Don Dacus or Dorsey Wright? If you want to be so pro try to scrobble with those guys I mentioned. Don't mess with this song-writers thing. Because all of this I think it's better to stay with Galt MacDermot.

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Quispiam wrote:
January 2010

"The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs." [2]

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atsugi wrote:
September 2009

The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs.

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mikefloering wrote:
September 2009

so good

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phunkyfeel1 wrote:
July 2009

if it wasnt for hip-hop, not as many people would know about this cat. thats why we talk about it. i dig all of this dudes stuff though. real funky

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frankiesblue wrote:
June 2009

YAY Hair won for Best Revival at the Tonys! Not bad considering when it originally opened it didn't win Best Musical :o)

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emergingsynergy wrote:
March 2009

Vote for this picture: http://www.last.fm/music/Galt+MacDermot/+images/24891381

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WhatHappensNow wrote:
February 2009

Go to artist "Galt MacDermot;Tom Pierson" and vote for a linkage to Galt MacDermot.

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lolnick09 wrote:
August 2008

great musician, btw. wish i could find all his albums.

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