On this day, June 5, 1950, Ronnie Dyson was born.

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Ronnie Dyson

Birth name: Ronald Dyson
Born: June 5, 1950; Washington, D.C., United States
Died: November 10, 1990 (aged 40); Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres: Soul, rhythm and blues

Ronald Dyson (June 5, 1950 – November 10, 1990)[1] was an American soul and R&B singer and actor.

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Early career

Born in Washington, D.C., Dyson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he sang in church choirs. At 18 years of age, he won a lead role in the Broadway production of Hair, debuting in New York in 1968. Dyson became an iconic voice of the 1960s with the lead vocal in the show's anthem of the hippie era, "Aquarius". It is Dyson's voice leading off the song and opening the show with the famous lyric "When the Moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars..." He made a cameo appearance in the 1979 motion picture version of Hair, singing "3-5-0-0" with another Hair alumnus, Melba Moore.

Later career



Shelley Plimpton and Ronald Dyson in Putney Swope, 1969

Dyson also appeared in the 1969 film Putney Swope.

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Aquarius ( From "Hair" )
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Aquarius ( From "Hair" ) · Ronnie Dyson

(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? (Expanded Edition)

℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

Released on: 1970-05-01

Conductor, Composer: Galt MacDermot
Vocal: Hair Ensemble
Producer: Andy Wiswell
Lyricist: Gerome Ragni
Lyricist: Jim Rado

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