I was a flight attendant in 1967 and was lucky to serve them on one of my flights they were all so nice. I've been a fan forever!

Wonderful individual singers and together produced great harmonies. What strikes me about this biography of the group is how there is no negative history, no drug addiction, alcoholism, abuse, rehabs, interventions, illicit love affairs, not even ego conflicts or differences of artistic opinion.Just seems like five very happy, successful,well adjusted people. So different from the usual rocknroll story. Very nice if true,but seems too good to be so.

Marilyn McCoo, one of the greatest singers of all time--an incredibly beautiful tone.

Wedding bell blues was a favorite of mine when I was little. That is a good song I still listen to.

The 5th Dimension are NOT in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame. Make a video about that!

Marilyn is a timeless beauty and talent. The complete Goddess!

"Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Too" was a summer variety show that was a HUGE success.

Always thought Marilyn was gorgeous. She still is. Great band.

Great job! My cousin had all their albums, I was just a little kid but loved them. Marilyn McCoo is as smooth as silk.

I was fortunate enough to hear them in concert in 1970. Incredible!

Loved them in the 60s and still really enjoy hearing them in 2022

They had a hauntingly beautiful sound which made them one of my favorite bands of all time. They make up much of my playlist. Thank you for doing this wonderful video.

M. McCoo's rendition of ' One Less Bell ' is one of the best performances of ANY song by ANY artist in ANY genre. She just GETS IT !! There's no alteration you could make that wouldn't lessen it.

The Fifth Dimension were fantastic singers. My mother whom was a Music Teacher's Consultant for a Board of Education in Canada, used the 5D Best of... album as part of her lesson-plans for late 60s and early 70s grades 6 to 8 students. She told me she was drawn to the 5D sound as the group could always maintain perfect pitch and carry a harmonized melody better than any other popular recording artist of the day. Beautiful songs, which are timeless, I still have that Fifth Dimension best of... album in my record collection. One of the many bands I wanted see 'live' yet never did.

They were a huge part of a Golden Age of music. Magical.

We were able to watch Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. in concert not too long ago. They performed at Biloxi, Mississippi in 2010! It was such an awesome show!!! 🎼

They always were "working on a groovy thing." I always loved their songs. A great story.

I love this classic group and all of their SONGS 🎵 This group is sooo underrated..

First concert that I ever saw in my life ! It was in 1972, It was at the Allentown fairgrounds I was 5 years old I saw it with my mother and my brother...

Absolutely beautiful and excellent analysis of the best vocal band ever...the friends of distinction is also another great vocal force

Baritone singer Billy and soprano singer Marilyn have been married for 53 years, and still record and tour together. Alto singer Florence LaRue performs with her own lineup of the 5th Dimension. Bass singer Lamonte McLemore retired from the group in 2007, and is now a full-time photographer. Tenor singer Ron Townson passed away on August 2nd,2001. Their final two hits together were “Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” and “If I Could Reach You” before Clive Davis dropped them from Bell Records, and changed the label name to Arista.

I remember the first time I heard Age of Aquarius and I was like WOW what the heck is this?!!

Most of their hits were covers of Laura Nyro originals: Wedding Bell Blues, Stoned Soul Picnic, Sweet Blindness, Save the Country, Blowin' Away, Blackpatch. Nyro's Eli's Comin' was a top 10 hit for Three Dog Night. In November 1969 Nyro songs were at 1,2 and 10 on Billboard - Wedding Bell Blues (5D), And When I Die (Blood Sweat and Tears), Eli's Comin' (Three Dog Night).

Waiting exited! The fifth dimension is my favorite of soul-rock band ever! This band is the soundtrack of my youth! This program w'll be beautiful! ☮️✌️👍🏆🎖️🎸🎸🎸

Stoned Soul Picnic is one of my favorite 5th Dimension songs.

Absolutely fantastic, I still love and play them in2023 😁❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍

I remember riding in a friend of my dad's convertible,it was summer of 65 .Up,Up and Away came on the radio!!WOW!!

Another interesting fact about the 5th Dimension: they recorded a version of Love Hangover around the same time Diana Ross recorded and released her version of the song, but Ross' version took off and became a major hit while the Dimension version sadly flounderd at #80 on the pop charts.

I was around 9 in the late 60’s , and I couldn’t wait till they’d come on tv on those variety shows back then

Seen these artists in Peoria Illinois 1979 ,, NEVER forget them ,great performance, I Miss THEM

One of my favorite groups from that era. Their style of music was different than most R&B artists doing that time. They could do both; be soulful and contemporary. Three of my favorites of their’s are “ Wedding Bells “ ,“One last bell “and “Stone soul panic “ . I may have the titles wrong. Anyway this group had a big impact on the 60’s. Sad to hear of Ron Townson passing, RIP. But so good to see the other original members are still well and performing. Thanks for sharing.

As a child of the 60's I loved The 5th Dimension and I thought Florence was the most beautiful woman on the planet!!

Wildly popular talented group all over AM radio during my childhood. Age of Aquarius and so much more

I love the 5th Dimension but didn't know their story. Thanks for the history.

First record album I bought was the Fifth Dimension Aquarius. ( Still have it) Wonderful wonderful group!

One bit you missed. They recorded one single as the versatiles on bronco records. Your good enough for me was released in 1966/1967.

Excellent video! I love the 5th dimension!! they r one of my favorite groups. I think you skimmed over the 1967 - 1975 most important part of their career a little too fast, but thats okay. You showed a short clip from the awesome 5th Dimension special, but I think that would be a fact u missed. The 5th dimension special was produced by Peter Max who is one of the most famous 60s visual artists. I think it would have been cool to show some clips from that, even though the video is owned by some dude who just happened to record it off his TV lol. Another fact that is often overlooked is that after the incredible success of the song Up Up & Away written by Jimmy Web; Jimmy Web went on to write every song but one on their 2nd album The Magic Garden. It's a fantastic sortof concept album record and the setting is featured prominently in the 5th Dimension Special i was just talking about. Peace.

I truly love this group

They were, and still are FABULOUS!!

I remember them as a kid they were awesome. Billy and Marilyn still together is the cherry on top of the banana split. God bless these extremely talented people living or departed, they are America's best.

Very well-done bio of this classic Black R&B singing band. I love Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.

Man, I Love this channel!!! I was born in '57 so The 5th Dimension was part of what i grew up with. I loved the band.

It was Florence LaRue & Marc Gordon, not Marilyn & Billy, who were married in a hot air balloon. Also, I took that photo of Marilyn & Billy onstage that's featured about 9 minutes into the video. I'm honored!

What a great group, will always love them and there music God bless. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🎼🎼🎼🎼

Well done! Thanks! 💕 I always loved them and their music. I recommend Ms. LaRue’s book. Wish there were more artists like them, who are about uplifting. Pure talent with positive vibes. Love them. Was just watching Aquarius. I hope we can all get back to love and respect, and supporting people like this.

i saw the fifth dimension at EPCOT center, WDW FL. they sang so well, all the hits.

This was a really good documentary on the 5th dimension I really enjoyed this my very first time actually seeing a documentary on this group very nice

They’re my favorite group in my kid years but I also like all of their music today.

Very good, upbeat, and interesting history of this excellent group. Today, in September 2022, with four new members and apparently with Florence LaRue, they're still touring. I'm going to see them next week. Great music from a time of great music.

I still remember seeing them at the Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den in the summer of 2001 when Florence LaRue was still performing as the original member of the quintet.

Saw them in 1973 in theatre in the round Chicago! Great!

Great music by great people. Glad to hear they had a lifetime of success.

Thanks for your great videos! This group was outstanding.

I love 'Wedding Bell Blues'.

I think this group has yet to be topped. They were just outstanding.

Thanks for sharing this history of the 5th Dimension. I enjoyed this group immensely, with "Up, Up and Away" my favorite among their hits.

You forgot to mention "The Magic Garden " album in 1967.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. also wrote an autobiography back around 2003/2004 titled Up Up and Away: How We Found Love, Faith and a Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment Business Marilyn had a popular role on Days of Our Lives during the 80s as Tamara Price. She was Abe Carver’s girlfriend and Lani’s mother (I refuse to accept the most recent change in Days history per these hack writers 😐😩). Marilyn was in the Broadway play Showboat. Billy was James “Thunder” Early in the off Broadway version of Dreamgirls. Marilyn and Billy have been featured in both of the most recent Waltons movies on the Hallmark channel.

This is Art, I love The fifth dimension music, for me it´s the best of all

That was an awesome synopsis of this most wonderful group. Thank you so much 😊

I still play their greatest hits. They made hits of many Laura Nero songs.

Absolutely phenomenal group!! Love all their music

So prolific, and such terrific music!

I'm an 90s kid 17 years ago my grandmother introduce me to The 5th dimension when we was watching old classic concerts on 📺 before she passed away . My uncles & aunts grew listening to the 5th dimension which is their childhood & teen years My grandfather was an army soldier while The 5th dimension became famous.

I saw Florence LaRue's Fifth Dimension last year. They still got it, put on a great show. And Davis and McCoo are still happily married and singing together, over 50 years together. So impressive!

Artists or groups decline mostly because they don't write their own songs. If you're dependent on a pro songwriter to write your songs for you, what happens is that you get fed A-grade material only as long as you've had a recent top 10 hit. Then everyone is throwing you their best songs, hoping you'll record it. But if you go six months or a year without a hit, then you're old news, and the songwriters only give you the material that was rejected by the people currently at the top of the charts. It becomes a slippery slope: your material gets more and more unmemorable. until you're no longer considered a top draw. That's what happened to The 5th Dimension. They debuted with an LP that was fabulous, one great song after another. (Some of the deep cuts were even better than the singles.) However, over the years the quality of the songs on the LPs gradually declined to the point where only the singles were worth buying. Then even the singles became inconsistent in quality, and in their last years most of the singles were totally unmemorable. Another problem is that they started chasing trends rather than innovating and being themselves. Chasing trends usually is self-defeating. "California Soul", although by Ashford & Simpson, isn't A-grade material, frankly it sucks. "Puppet man" (by Greenfield & Sedaka) and "Save the country" (Nyro) are even worse. They had a fabulous sound, great voices and great harmonies, but they needed better management than they got. Better direction choosing material and better direction creating and sticking to a sound that was distinctly their own. And some of the choices for singles were headscratchers. Why did it take the company four tries to realize "One less bell to answer" was worth releasing as single -- after three bad choices? Somehow their management was failing them.

Met Marilyn and Billy Jr. while grocery working for pavilion/ vons west hollywood squeezing grapefruit. Lol. ❤. Rip, bro.

I don't like when other extras come along to replace original members but I understand

Billy Davis Jr and Marilynn McCoo also wrote a book back in the early 2000s. I was able to meet Ms. McCoo and get her autograph in the book. Unfortunately, I don’t have it with me where I am, right now, but you can look it up for the title. They did the book signing at my church home in Chicago.

Still listen to their music!

I've always enjoyed there music. They where a class act .

Great discussion, but the 5th Dimension never released "Eli's Coming" as a single. Their follow-ups to "Up, Up and Away" were "Paper Cup" and "Carpet Man," both Top 40 US singles. Thanks for sharing the identity of their costume designer Boyd Clopton. They always looked fantastic. Just a clarification, "Summer of Soul" which came out in 2021 feature footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.

i cant talk enough about my memories of the band and how special the songs are to me.. about 20 years agowathing a pbs oldies show. mcoo and davis were an act. 10 min later the then fifth dimention with florence larue came out. i thought how hard wouldit have been to come out together

I love the videos. Great stuff.

The 5th Dimension are still performing with original singer, Florence LaRue

One of the most Dynamic Singing Groups Ever.

Great singers and wonderful personalities- love them all❤❤❤❤❤

I was just a little tyke, but I was in love with Marilyn. She was SUCH an angel, with a voice like warm maple syrup. I still love her to this day!

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr celebrated 53 years if marriage last month.

Thank you so much... This was my era...It still blows my mind of the group's name and Aquarius especially now...

The Professor of Rock mentioned the Fine Young Cannibals has being a hit group that had one or two big songs then disappeared. How about an episode about them?

Fun facts: Tons more gold records and hits than mentioned in the video. 1960's Stone Soul Picnic, Sweet Blindness. 1970's Puppet Man, Love's Lines Angles and Rhymes, Light Sings, Never My Love, Last Night I Didn't Get To Sleep At All, Ashes To Ashes, Flashback...

I miss all them together.

Great fan of The 5th Dimension, they were in a musical genre all of their own .

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr have done guest appearances on Days of Our Lives.

Leonard Tucker last performance with the😢 fifth dimension May 8th Niagra FallsView Casino in Canada. His TENOR voice and stage presence for 17 years will be greatly missed. He retired to enjoy time with family and his frist grandson. He will be greatly missed.

It stopped being the 5th Dimension when Marilyn and Billy left. Doesn’t matter who they had to replace them.

Great job doing the history!

GREAT,GREAT,GREAT INFO ON THEM-THANKS

This didn't mention the song "If I could reach you", I thought this was Marilyn's best song.

The 5th Dimension never released a single of Eli's coming. It was an LP cut from their 1972 Live album.

I saw the 5th in Vegas at the summer of love concert down town. Awesome show an it was free.

Thank the fith for all your music me growing up all the way to i hope we get to love in time

10:11 "Silly Love Songs" was *NOT* a Beatles record. That song was written by Paul McCartney and performed by him with his band, Wings in 1976(issued as Parlophone R-6014 in April of that year).

... Ron was the voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy on The Simpsons ...

2023, They were a positive group and had a long full career.

I'm surprised you missed the connection to "Friends of Distinction" - which had a very similar sound. Marilyn McCoo and Lamont McLemore sang in the "Hi Fis" with Harry Elston and Floyd Butler who would later co-found The Fifth Dimension.

cool video! You should do one on Unit 4 + 2

Mr. Tenor himself Leonard Tucker retired after 17 years . His last performance at Falls View Casino in Canada..His performance and his voice will be greatly missed. 2024

Would have been nice to have a snippet of some of their songs as a memory refresher, and a less monotone computer voice.