New York - Hair, the Broadway rock musical, began a series of first anniversary celebrations with a "birthday be-in" in new York's Central Park, Sunday 27.  At the "be-in," which will feature the cast of the musical singing excerpts from the show and special material written (several words unreadable) lyracists Jerry Ragni and Jimmy Rado, Norman R(name unreadable), presendent and general manager of RCA records, will present gold album awards signifying RIAA audited sale of more than $1 million for the original cast album.  Receiving the awards will be Rado and Ragni, the show's producer Michael Butler, and Galt MacDermot, the composer.  Hair was certified by the RIAA several weeks ago, but actual sales of the album are nearing one-million copies world-wide.

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