In summer 1969, 300,000 people filled Harlem's Mount Morris Park over six weekends for the Harlem Cultural Festival, a free event showcasing Black music and culture. Those who played the event never ...

At first, Florence LaRue didn’t want to be in the famous R&B group from the ‘60s and ’70s, The 5th Dimension—a band that was also recently reintroduced to audiences thanks to the recent documentary, ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Music icons Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. are back in the spotlight for all the right reasons. They're releasing their first studio album in 30 years. And, as part of The Fifth ...

Before Florence and the Machine there was Florence LaRue and a ’60s pop hit machine known as The 5th Dimension. LaRue, 68, soldiers on as the original member of the vocal group that crossed color and ...

“Up, Up and Away,” “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Stoned Soul Picnic.” These are some of the hits of the ’60s whose melodies reverberate in countless memories. For those who ...

Perhaps you know the 5th Dimension from its cover of Hair soundtrack cuts, the psych-lite medley, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In." Or perhaps the quintet is familiar because of its Jimmy Webb-penned ...

As two-fifths of the 5th Dimension, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. helped to let the sunshine in after the darkest times of the civil rights movement. So the husband-and-wife duo, who have been ...

From ramshackle horse and buggy wagons to today’s sleek Uber rides, ever since taxis became a mode of transportation, passengers have been leaving things behind in them. But only once did such a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "Up-Up and Away," "Stoned Soul Picnic," Wedding Bell Blues"...their iconic songs ...

Not long before the Fifth Dimension released “Up, Up and Away,” the 1967 hit that gave the group its first Top 10 hit, something shifted in the way Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. considered each ...