Galt MacDermot

Aliases: Galt MacDermot and His Trio
Real name: Galt Arthur Terence MacDermot
Born: December 18, 1928
Died: December 17, 2018
Country: Canada
IPI: 00018893650 37 works
00018893748 10 works
00469307332 2 works
Affiliation: SOCAN
Comments: Pianist and composer best known for co-writing the musical Hair for which he received a Grammy Award. He is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	i	African Waltz	Galt MacDermot and His Trio	1956	(20 artists)

Covers by Galt MacDermot

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
3-5-0-0	Galt MacDermot	1968	(unknown)
Aquarius	Galt MacDermot	1968	Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL
Easy to Be Hard	Galt MacDermot	1968	Jill O'Hara PRF, Suzannah Evans, Linda Compton, Paul Jabara And The Company REC,REL
Frank Mills	Galt MacDermot	1968	Shelley Plimpton PRF,REL
Good Morning Starshine	Galt MacDermot	1968	Jill O'Hara and The Company REC,REL, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company PRF
Hair	Galt MacDermot	1968	James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Company REL, Walker Daniels, Gerome Ragni PRF
Hare Krishna	Galt MacDermot	1968	Company [Hair, Original Cast] REL, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] PRF
Let the Sunshine In	Galt MacDermot	2000	James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company REL,PRF
Walking in Space	Galt MacDermot	1968	The Company [Hair, Original Cast]
When Malindy Sings	Galt MacDermot	2001	Rev. J.A. Myers
Where Do I Go?	Galt MacDermot	1968	Walker Daniels and The Company REC,REL, Walker Daniels PRF

Songs written by Galt MacDermot

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
3-5-0-0	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni			Covered by (2 artists)
African Waltz	Galt MacDermot	Galt MacDermot and His Trio	1956	Covered by (20 artists)
Ain't Got No	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Walker Daniels, Gerome Ragni, Steve Dean, Arnold Wilkerson and the Company PRF, Walker Daniels, Steve Dean, Marijane Maricle, Gerome Ragni, Arnold Wilkerson and The Company REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (26 artists)
Aquarius	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (218 artists)
Be-In (Hare Krishna)	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	The Company [Hair, Original Cast] PRF, Company [Hair, Original Cast] REL	April 11, 1968	Covered by (21 artists)
Black Boys	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Diane Keaton, Suzannah Norstrand and Natalie Mosco/Moore, Mary Davis and Emmaretta Marks	1968	Covered by (2 artists)
Colored Spade	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Lamont Washington and Company PRF,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (10 artists)
Donna	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Gerome Ragni and Company PRF,REL	April 11, 1968	Covered by (12 artists)
Easy to Be Hard	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Jill O'Hara PRF, Suzannah Evans, Linda Compton, Paul Jabara And The Company REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (38 artists)
Frank Mills	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Shelley Plimpton PRF,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (38 artists)
Good Morning Starshine	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company PRF, Jill O'Hara and The Company REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (93 artists)
Hair	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Walker Daniels, Gerome Ragni PRF, James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Company REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (45 artists)
I Got Life	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	James Rado and Company PRF, Walker Daniels, Steve Dean, Marijane Maricle, Gerome Ragni, Arnold Wilkerson and The Company REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (33 artists)
I Know a Man	Galt MacDermot, Bill Dumaresq	Rolf Harris with accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence	June 21, 1963	Covered by (2 artists)
I'm Black	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Melba Moore and Company	April 11, 1968	Covered by Hud, Woof, Berger, Claude, Acid, Gerome, Twyla y tribu (Stanley Cooke, Joan Vázquez, Jordi Coll, Momo Cortés, Pau Doz, Christian Sánchez, Andrea Currello)
Manchester England	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Walker Daniels PRF,REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (6 artists)
Sodomy	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Steve Curry and Company	April 11, 1968	Covered by (9 artists)
The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company PRF,REL	April 11, 1968	Covered by (115 artists)
Three-Five-Zero-Zero	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Company with Ronnie Dyson & Walter Harris	1968	Covered by (2 artists)
Walking in Space	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	The Company [Hair, Original Cast]	October 17, 1967	Covered by (11 artists)
Where Do I Go?	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Walker Daniels PRF, Walker Daniels and The Company REC,REL	October 17, 1967	Covered by (30 artists)
White Boys	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	Diane Keaton, Suzannah Norstrand and Natalie Mosco/Moore, Mary Davis and Emmaretta Marks	1968	Covered by (4 artists)
Woo Hah Got You All in Check	Galt MacDermot, Busta Rhymes	Busta Rhymes	March 15, 1996	Covered by (2 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
When Malindy Sings	Galt MacDermot	When Malindy Sings	Galt MacDermot

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Art Gallery Jazz	Galt MacDermot and His Trio	1956	Laurentien
Hair Pieces	Galt MacDermot	1968	Verve Forecast
Paul Laurence Dunbar in Song	Galt MacDermot	2001	Kilmarnock
Up from the Basement (Unreleased Tracks Vol. 1)	Galt MacDermot	2000	Kilmarnock