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Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
Written by Gerome Ragni, also Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (Nina Simone), Easy to Be Hard (Three Dog Night) and Good Morning Starshine (Oliver)
Part of Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording, also I’m Black / Ain’t Got No, White Boys and Black Boys
Written by James Rado, also Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (Nina Simone), Easy to Be Hard (Three Dog Night) and Good Morning Starshine (Oliver)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Gerome Ragni wrote 5 of Galt MacDermot’s top 10 songs
James Rado wrote 5 of Galt MacDermot’s top 10 songs
Galt MacDermot wrote 33 songs on fono
Galt MacDermot’s most frequent co-writer is Gerome Ragni (27 songs together)
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado
- Released on
- RCA
- Written by
- Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado
- Released on
- RCA
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Same writer: Gerome Ragni
Same label: RCA
Same release: Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
Same writer: Gerome Ragni
Same label: RCA
Same release: Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
Same writer: Gerome Ragni
Same label: RCA
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by Galt MacDermot
What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by Galt MacDermot
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2MusicBrainz What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by Gerome Ragni
What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by Gerome Ragni
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3MusicBrainz What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by James Rado
What a Piece of Work Is Man was written by James Rado
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4MusicBrainz What a Piece of Work Is Man is part of the release Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
What a Piece of Work Is Man is part of the release Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
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5MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song What a Piece of Work Is Man
RCA is the label of the song What a Piece of Work Is Man
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6MusicBrainz What a Piece of Work Is Man was released on 1979
What a Piece of Work Is Man was released on 1979
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