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Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, the Glossary

"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 Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (music), released as a single by American R&B group the 5th Dimension.^[1]

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Adult Contemporary (chart)

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema of the 20th century.

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Age of Aquarius

The Age of Aquarius, in astrology, is either the current or forthcoming astrological age, depending on the method of calculation.

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American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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Astrological aspect

In astrology, an aspect is an angle that planets make to each other in the horoscope; as well as to the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant, Lower Midheaven, and other points of astrological interest.

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Astrology

Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects.

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Bill Holman (musician)

Willis Leonard Holman (May 21, 1927 – May 6, 2024) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, saxophonist, and songwriter working in jazz and traditional pop.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In and Billboard Hot 100 are Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.

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Billy Davis Jr.

Billy Davis Jr. (born June 26, 1938) is an American singer and musician, best known as a member of the 5th Dimension.

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Bones Howe

Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born March 18, 1933) is an American record producer and recording engineer who scored a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, often of the sunshine pop genre, starting in 1965 with The Turtles cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe," and continuing with most of the hits of the 5th Dimension and the Association.

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Bubblegum music

Bubblegum (also called bubblegum pop) is pop music in a catchy and upbeat style that is marketed for children and adolescents.

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California Soul

"California Soul" is a funk-soul tune written by Ashford & Simpson, issued originally as the B-side of the Messengers' single "Window Shopping" in 1967 under the Motown group of labels. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In and California Soul are 1967 songs, 1969 singles and the 5th Dimension songs.

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Cashbox (magazine)

Cashbox, also known as Cash Box, is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996.

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Dennis Budimir

Dennis Matthew Budimir (June 20, 1938 – January 10, 2023) was an American jazz and rock guitarist.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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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.

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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.

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1966 and 2011 (in its final year, it was awarded for recordings issued in 2010).

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Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." The Record of the Year award is one of the four "General Field" categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year) presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.

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Grammy Hall of Fame

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

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Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot.

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Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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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.

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Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer.

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Joe Osborn

Joseph Osborn (August 28, 1937 – December 14, 2018: Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2019.) was an American bass guitar player known for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles with the Wrecking Crew and in Nashville with the A-Team of studio musicians during the 1960s through the 1980s.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.

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Larry Knechtel

Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, the Byrds, the Grass Roots, Jerry Garcia, and Elvis Presley.

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List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1969

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969.

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List of song recordings featuring Hal Blaine

This is a partial list of recordings of songs on which Hal Blaine, a session drummer in the Wrecking Crew, played.

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Medley (music)

In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces played one after another, sometimes overlapping. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In and medley (music) are music medleys.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Musikmarkt

Musikmarkt was a magazine of the music industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in Munich.

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Neil Spencer

Neil Spencer is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and astrologer who lives in north London.

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New Zealand Listener

The New Zealand Listener is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, food, culture and entertainment.

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Psychedelic soul

Psychedelic soul (originally called black rock or conflated with psychedelic funk) is a form of soul music which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music-industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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Soul City Records (American label)

Soul City Records is an American record label founded by the singer Johnny Rivers in 1966.

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Springbok Radio

Springbok Radio (spelled Springbokradio in Afrikaans) was a South African nationwide radio station that operated from 1950 to 1985.

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St. Martin's Press

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Sunshine pop

Sunshine pop (originally known as soft pop) is a subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid-1960s.

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Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan (lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).

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The 5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension is an American vocal group.

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The Age of Aquarius (album)

The Age of Aquarius is the fourth album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1969.

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The Mamas & the Papas

The Mamas & the Papas (stylized as) was a folk-rock vocal group which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968.

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The Wrecking Crew (music)

The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of American session musicians based in Los Angeles whose services were employed for a great number of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits.

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Tommy Tedesco

Thomas Joseph Tedesco (July 3, 1930 – November 10, 1997) was an American guitarist and studio musician in Los Angeles and Hollywood.

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Tony Terran

Anthony Terran (May 30, 1926 – March 20, 2017) was an American trumpet player and session musician.

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Visible Ink Press

Visible Ink Press, LLC is a publisher of popular reference works.

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Workin' On a Groovy Thing (song)

"Workin' On a Groovy Thing" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Roger Atkins which had its highest profile as a 1969 hit single by the 5th Dimension. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In and Workin' On a Groovy Thing (song) are 1969 singles, song recordings produced by Bones Howe and the 5th Dimension songs.

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12th Annual Grammy Awards

The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970.

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1969 in music

List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1969.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius/Let_the_Sunshine_In

Also known as Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Aquarius (Let the Sun Shine In), Aquarius (song), Aquarius - Let the Sun Shine In (Medley), Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In, Let The Sunshine In, Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures).

, Tony Terran, Visible Ink Press, Workin' On a Groovy Thing (song), 12th Annual Grammy Awards, 1969 in music.

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, the Glossary

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See also

Cilla Black songs

Mercy (band) songs

Song recordings produced by Bones Howe

Songs from Hair (musical)

The 5th Dimension songs

References