In the spring of 1969, The 5th Dimension hit it big with the song “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.” Originally written by composers Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni for the Broadway musical ...
His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.” By Alex Williams LaMonte McLemore, a ...