- Up, Up and Away · 1967
- Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969] · 2022
- Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969] · 2022
- Hardcore Christmas (It's the Most Wonderful Hardcore Time of the Year) · 2021
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
- The Singles (1966-1975) · 2020
Albums
- 1975
Artist Playlists
- This ‘60s group spun R&B, soul and Broadway tunes into pop gold.
Live Albums
Compilations
About The 5th Dimension
Whether heard separately or together as The 5th Dimension, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson, Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue turned vocal opulence into crossover pop gold. Formed as The Versatiles in 1965, the Los Angeles group’s flair for covering diverse songs caught the ears of rock singer Johnny Rivers, who produced their first hit, a cover of the Mamas & the Papas’ “Go Where You Wanna Go”, on his Soul City label in 1966. The bright, giddy pop-soul harmonies the quintet packed into definitive readings of Jimmy Webb’s “Up, Up and Away” and Laura Nyro’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” evoked the carefree vibrancy of the Flower Power era. But ambitious undertakings, like the group’s 1969 medley of “The Age of Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine In” from the Broadway musical Hair, married a dazzling blend of gospel, psychedelic soul and easy listening pop with a lasting ’60s utopia of love, unity and peace. The group tackled other artistic plateaus before the original lineup splintered in 1975, but their pristine pop vocal harmony legacy remains a nostalgic joy.
- ORIGIN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 1966
- GENRE
- Pop