Look! Up in the western sky! The Moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter is aligned with Mars! That means we're in the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. That celestial event was foretold in a 1969 hit song by The Fifth Dimension. What Broadway musical was the song originally from?

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Hair Apr 09 00, 2:23 PM

malik_sam

"The Fifth Dimension's success peaked in 1969 when the group caught a Broadway production of Hair, and immediately decided to cut a medley of two songs from the show. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" was a monster hit and grew to become one of the era's defining pop records; it spent six weeks at number one, sold a whopping three million copies, and won the group its second Record of the Year Grammy. Accompanying LP The Age of Aquarius went gold and nearly hit number one, and their Nyro-penned follow-up single, "Wedding Bell Blues," followed its predecessor to number one as well. The song was something of a mirror of real life..." Jun 17 06, 11:15 PM