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The Fifth
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(Quintet) "The Fifth Dimension, [aka] The 5th Dimension, is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes R&B, soul, and jazz. The Fifth Dimension were best-known during the late 1960s and early 1970s for popularizing the hits "Up, Up and Away" and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."" "The five original members were Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ron Townson. " "Budding young songwriter Jimmy Webb supplied the group with their breakthrough hit, "Up, Up and Away", a top 10 hit in mid-1967, which won five Grammy Awards. The following year, the group scored major hit singles with Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness" and received a gold record for their album Stoned Soul Picnic, which also included the Ashford & Simpson written "California Soul". In 1969, they had two number one singles: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from the musical Hair and the Nyro composition "Wedding Bell Blues." Later hits included "One Less Bell to Answer" (1970), "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes", "Never My Love" (1971) and "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (1972)." Genre: R&B, Soul, Jazz |
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