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The 5th Dimension
Formed1966,   Los Angeles, CA, United States
MembersFlorence LaRue, Lamonte McLemore, Billy Davis, Jr. (1966-75), Marilyn McCoo (1966-75), Ron Townson (1966-78, 1980-97; d. 2 August 2001), Eloise Laws (1976), Danny Beard (1976-78), Marjorie Barnes (1976-78), Mic Bell (1978), Lou Courtney (1978-79), Terri Bryant (1978-), Joyce Wright (1979), Phyllis Battle (1985-2002), Michael Procter (1979-89), Greg Walker (1991-present), Willie Williams (1998-present), Julie Delgado (2002), Van Jewel (2002-05), Jamila Ajibade (2005-present)
Related ArtistsJohnny Rivers, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro
GenresVocal Group, Pop, Pop Soul, Psychedelic Pop, Soul, Sunshine Pop, Easy Listening
Popular InAustralia Germany United States Canada United Kingdom France
Rough guideRead the RYM Rough Guide for this artist

Biography

20 U.S. Top 40 hits between 1967 and 1973. 7 Top 10 hits including two that went to #1 ("Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" and "Wedding Bell Blues").

Discovered by Johnny Rivers and signed to his Soul City label.  Recorded songs written by Jimmy Webb, Ashford & Simpson, Laura Nyro, and Burt Bacharach, among others.

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. were married in 1969.

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discography
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Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
1967 Up, Up and Away 4 issues 4 41
 
 
3.21
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1968 The Magic Garden 6 issues 12 73
 
 
3.50
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1968 Stoned Soul Picnic 4 issues 2 44
 
 
3.09
rate
1969 The Age of Aquarius 5 issues 5 112
 
 
3.23
rate
1970 Portrait 5 issues 4 40
 
 
3.34
rate
1971 Live!! 3 issues 15
 
 
3.28
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1971 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes BELL 6060  3 17
 
 
3.26
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1972 Individually and Collectively BELL 6073  1 8
 
 
2.88
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1973 Living Together, Growing Together 2 issues 14
 
 
2.99
rate
1974 Soul & Inspiration 2 issues 3
 
 
3.69
rate
1975 Earthbound 2 issues 13
 
 
2.38
rate
1978 High on Sunshine M7 914R1  2
 
 
3.28
rate
1978 Star Dancing M7-896R1  1 4
 
 
3.50
rate
1995 In the House 64375  2
 
 
2.78
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Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
1967 Up-Up and Away LYX-11299  1
 
 
4.00
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1969 Aquarius LYX-11614  1
 
 
4.50
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1969 Working On a Groovy Thing LYX-11636  1
 
 
3.50
rate
Appears on: Vol.1 The Greatest Hits [Various Artists] ML 913  rate
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Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
1967 The Fantastic 5th Dimension LBS 832281  2
 
 
3.52
rate
1970 20 Great Hits - Special 405  3
 
 
3.68
rate
1970 The July 5th Album: More Hits by the Fabulous 5th Dimension SCS 33001  2
 
 
3.44
rate
1970 Greatest Hits SCS-33900  5 16
 
 
3.70
rate
1971 Reflections BELL 6065  2
 
 
3.75
rate
1971 The 5th Dimension Story - Their Greatest Hits LBS 83 370/71 X  3
 
 
3.79
rate
1971 The Fantastic 5th Dimension Vol.2 LBS 83322  1
 
 
3.00
rate
1972 Greatest Hits on Earth 4 issues 5 42
 
 
3.79
rate
1974 Appears on: Pop Greats [Various Artists] TG 115  2
 
 
3.50
rate
1975 Dimension Five [UK] SPR 90077  rate
1976 22 of Their Fabulous Hits P2 13224  rate
1978 Remember The Golden Years   1
 
 
4.00
rate
1982 The Very Best of 5th Dimension WW 5114  2
 
 
4.50
rate
1985 Appears on: Mellow Sixties: Twelve Easy Rockin' Hits of the Sixties [Various Artists] 3 issues 6
 
 
4.00
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1986 Anthology (1967-1973) RNDA 71104  2 6
 
 
4.22
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1986 Appears on: Keep on Rockin' [Various Artists] 806 496-4  1
 
 
2.50
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1989 Appears on: 1968: Shakin' All Over [Various Artists] 2CLR-19  1 5
 
 
3.99
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1989 Appears on: Flower Power [Various Artists] 2 issues 1 9
 
 
4.36
rate
1989 Appears on: Our Generation [Various Artists] TELCD 39  1 4
 
 
3.99
rate
1990 Appears on: 1969: Shakin' All Over [Various Artists] 2CLR-20  1 3
 
 
4.00
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1990 Appears on: AM Gold - 1968 [Various Artists] AM1-04  1 3
 
 
3.36
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1990 Appears on: AM Gold - 1970 [Various Artists] AM1-02  1 3
 
 
3.50
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1990 Appears on: Mixed Groups of the Motorcity [Various Artists] CDMOTCLP 47  rate
1991 Appears on: 20 Detroit Chartbusters, Vol. 3 [Various Artists] CDMOTCLP 24  rate
1991 Appears on: AM Gold - 1967 [Various Artists] AM1-08  1 2
 
 
3.83
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1991 Appears on: AM Gold - 1969 [Various Artists] AM1-01  4
 
 
3.68
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1991 Appears on: AM Gold - 1972 [Various Artists] AM1-07  3
 
 
3.08
rate
1992 Appears on: Motorcity Memories [Various Artists] MOTCCD 85  rate
1992 Appears on: Mystic Music Presents Groovin' [Various Artists] S22-57628  rate
1992 Appears on: The Elvis Presley Years [Various Artists] XCD4-5921(2-3-4)  2
 
 
4.07
rate
1994 Appears on: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 3 [Various Artists] HTCD 7703-2  1 2
 
 
3.83
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1994 Appears on: Forrest Gump [Various Artists] 5 issues 12 299
 
 
3.95
rate
1996 Appears on: Living in the 70s Vol. IV [Various Artists] 74321408172  4
 
 
4.11
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1996 Appears on: This Is Easy [Various Artists] VTDCD 80  1 7
 
 
3.74
rate
1996 Appears on: A Tribute to Smokey Robinson [Various Artists] HTCD 7715-2  rate
1996 Appears on: Rock On 1970: In the Summertime [Various Artists] RO-2-5170  2
 
 
3.22
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1996 Appears on: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 9 [Various Artists] HTCD 7717-2  1 2
 
 
3.39
rate
1997 Appears on: Sixty More Hits of the 60s [Various Artists] 74321479582  3
 
 
4.33
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1997 Appears on: The Motorcity Remix Project Vol. 1 [Various Artists] HTCD 33224-2  rate
1997 Up-Up and Away: The Definitive Collection 07822-18961-2  3 30
 
 
3.72
rate
1998 Appears on: Last Night [Various Artists] 2 issues 1
 
 
3.50
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1998 Appears on: Million Dollar Memories of the '50s and '60s [Various Artists] FCD4 5731 (2-3-4)  3
 
 
3.49
rate
1998 Appears on: Sixties Summer Mix 2 [Various Artists] TTVCD2972  1
 
 
3.50
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1998 Appears on: R&B's Lost & Found [Various Artists] 7600  rate
1998 Appears on: The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection [Various Artists] 2 issues 26 190
 
 
4.28
rate
1999 Appears on: More Music to Watch Girls By [Various Artists] SONYTV75CD  1 11
 
 
3.98
rate
1999 Appears on: Music to Watch Girls By [Various Artists] SONYTV67CD  2 18
 
 
3.96
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1999 Appears on: Revolution Rock [Various Artists] 6983681003-2  1
 
 
4.00
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1999 Appears on: Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980 [Various Artists] 37258  2
 
 
3.83
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1999 The Very Best of the 5th Dimension 674452  2 27
 
 
3.85
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1999 Master Hits   2
 
 
4.33
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1999 Appears on: Unconditionally Guaranteed (7 - Aug 99) [Various Artists] UNCUT UG-8 14  8
 
 
2.92
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1999 Up-Up and Away: The Encore Collection 75517 44991-2  1 1
 
 
2.50
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1999 Up, Up and Away: The Encore Collection 2 issues 1
 
 
3.50
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2000 The Age of Aquarius   rate
2000 Appears on: The Ultimate Soul Collection 2 [Various Artists] 38437  2
 
 
4.28
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2001 Appears on: The '60s Generation [Various Artists] R984-33  rate
2001 Appears on: The Very Best of Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach] R2 76721  2 17
 
 
4.14
rate
2001 Appears on: Club Tricatel [Various Artists] TRICDFR 013  1
 
 
3.50
rate
2002 Appears on: Pure 60's: The #1 Hits [Various Artists] 440 069 119-2  2 6
 
 
4.37
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2003 Appears on: Something Swingin' [Vol. 1] [Various Artists] 09274 7316-2  1
 
 
4.50
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2003 Appears on: Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb [Jimmy Webb] RVCD-180  4
 
 
3.88
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2004 Appears on: Gold 1972 [Various Artists] TLGLL10  1
 
 
4.50
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2004 The Ultimate 5th Dimension 82876 51037 2  9
 
 
4.16
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2004 Appears on: The Real '70s [Various Artists] 75517 47595 2  1 1
 
 
2.50
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2005 Appears on: Kanye Collection [Various Artists] SB-9818  rate
2005 Appears on: We Can Work It Out: Covers & Cookies of Lennon, McCartney & The Beatles [Various Artists] HURTCD060  1 6
 
 
3.60
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2005 Appears on: Music for Lonely Housewives [Various Artists]   1
 
 
3.00
rate
2005 Fantasy   1 1
 
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2006 Appears on: Summer of Love - 36 Sunshine Classics From the 60's [Various Artists] 0946 3 74322 2 8  2
 
 
4.01
rate
2006 Collections 82876834532  2
 
 
4.24
rate
2006 Appears on: My Generation - The 70s Part Two [Various Artists] 3694902  4
 
 
4.08
rate
2006 Appears on: Gold [Burt Bacharach] B0007324-02  1
 
 
3.00
rate
2007 Individually & Collectively / Living Together, Growing Together   2
 
 
3.28
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2007 Portrait / Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes CCM-780  2
 
 
4.00
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2007 Stoned Soul Picnic/The Age of Aquarius CCM-779  3
 
 
3.41
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2007 The Magic Garden / Up, Up and Away CCM-778  1 3
 
 
3.53
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2007 Appears on: Age of Aquarius [Various Artists]   6
 
 
3.95
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2008 Appears on: Far East B-Boy Mix Showcase Vol. 1 : Kogataroo's Stomp in My Kitchen [Kogataroo] ATIYLCD11  1
 
 
4.00
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2008 Appears on: Romancing the 70s - Lovin' You [Various Artists] 24009-D  1
 
 
2.50
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2008 Appears on: Romancing the 70s - Precious and Few [Various Artists] 24010-D  1
 
 
2.50
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2009 Appears on: Chartbusters USA Special Sunshine Pop Edition [Various Artists] CDCHD 1228  2
 
 
3.50
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2009 Appears on: The Hits of 1970 [Various Artists]   rate
Appears on: It's A Most Unusual Day [Various Artists] OP1503  1 1
 
 
2.50
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Let the Sunshine in 79541  rate
Love Garden LBS 83 362 X  1
 
 
3.00
rate
Appears on: Motorcity Volume 3 [Various Artists] VAR065  1
 
 
4.00
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Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
1966 I'll Be Loving You Forever / Train Keep on Movin' [as The Versatiles] 2 issues rate
1967 Go Where You Wanna Go / Too Poor to Die 753  1 9
 
 
3.48
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1967 Another Day, Another Heartache / Rosecrans Blvd. 755  1
 
 
3.00
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1967 Up–Up and Away / Which Way to Nowhere 4 issues 3 33
 
 
3.75
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1967 Paper Cup / Poor Side of Town 2 issues 7
 
 
3.43
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1968 Carpet Man / The Magic Garden 3 issues 8
 
 
3.94
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1968 Stoned Soul Picnic / The Sailboat Song 766  1 13
 
 
3.98
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1968 Sweet Blindness / Bobbie's Blues 3 issues 2 9
 
 
3.55
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1968 California Soul / It'll Never Be the Same Again 770  5
 
 
3.39
rate
1969 Sunshine of Your Love / Workin' on a Groovy Thing NLD - 5C006 90 483  1
 
 rate
1969 Aquarius - Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) / Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya 7 issues 4 82
 
 
3.89
rate
1969 Workin' on a Groovy Thing / Broken Bird Wing 2 issues 2 6
 
 
3.47
rate
1969 Wedding Bell Blues / Lovin' Stew 5 issues 14
 
 
3.88
rate
1970 Feeling Alright / Puppet Man   2
 
 
2.16
rate
1970 I Want to Take You Higher (Parts 1 & 2) 2008 073  rate
1970 Blowing Away / Skinny Man 2 issues 3
 
 
3.15
rate
1970 The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come / People Got To Be Free 2 issues 2
 
 
3.00
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1970 The Girls' Song / It'll Never Be the Same Again 781  3
 
 
3.93
rate
1970 Puppet Man / A Love Like Ours 3 issues 6
 
 
3.54
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1970 Save the Country / Dimension 5 4 issues 8
 
 
3.20
rate
1970 On the Beach (In the Summertime) / This Is Your Life B-913  1
 
 
3.00
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1970 One Less Bell to Answer / Feelin' Alright? 940  12
 
 
3.36
rate
1971 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes / The Singer 965  7
 
 
3.43
rate
1971 Light Sings / Viva! (Viva Tirado) 999X  3
 
 
3.00
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1971 Never My Love / A Love Like Ours 45134  1 6
 
 
3.79
rate
1972 Together Let's Find Love / I Just Want to Be Your Friend 45170  2
 
 
3.00
rate
1972 (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All / The River Witch 2 issues 1 17
 
 
3.64
rate
1972 If I Could Reach You / Tomorrow Belongs to the Children 45,261  1 6
 
 
4.13
rate
1973 Living Together, Growing Together / What Do I Need to Be Me 45310  3
 
 
3.15
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1973 Everything's Been Changed / There Never Was a Day 45,338  1
 
 
2.50
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1973 Ashes to Ashes / The Singer 45380  1
 
 
3.00
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1973 Flashback / Diggin' for a Livin' 45425  1
 
 
2.50
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1974 Harlem / My Song 45,612  rate
1974 Lean on Me Always / Magic in My Life 12136  rate
1975 No Love in the Room / I Don't Know How to Look for Love 0101  rate
1975 Speaking With My Heart / Walk Your Feet in the Sunshine 12168  rate
1976 Love Hangover / Will You Be There 12181  1
 
 
3.00
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1978 You Are the Reason (I Feel Like Dancing) / Slipping Into Something New 3 issues rate
1979 Everybody's Got to Give It Up / You're My Star 2 issues rate
1983 Surrender SUD  rate
1988 Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures) / Stoned Soul Picnic / Let It Be Me CD3-3012  1
 
 
4.50
rate
<< hide Bootleg / Unauthorized
Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
The Best of The 5th Dimension   1
 
 
3.00
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<< hide Video
Released Title Cat# Reviews Ratings Chart [?] Overall
2003 The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show 2323  1
 
 
3.50
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