The 5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension adalah grup musik pop Amerika Serikat yang dibentuk di Los Angeles, California pada tahun 1966. Awalnya dikenal sebagai The Hi-Fi's, grup musik ini berganti nama menjadi The 5th Dimension pada akhir tahun 1966 dan paling terkenal selama tahun 1960-an dan awal tahun 1970-an untuk mempopulerkan lagu "Up, Up and Away", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "Wedding Bell Blues", "One Less Bell to Answer", "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All", dan LP The Magic Garden.

Grup musik ini terdiri dari lima anggota asli: Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, dan Ron Townson. Tapi Ron Townson meninggal pada tanggal 2 Agustus 2001 karena gagal ginjal.

 Anggota 

 Marilyn McCoo (lahir 30 September 1943, di Jersey City, New Jersey)
 Florence LaRue (lahir 4 Februari 1944, di Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
 Billy Davis, Jr. (lahir 26 Juni 1938, di St. Louis, Missouri)
 Lamonte McLemore (lahir 17 September 1939, di St. Louis, Missouri )
 Ronald L. "Ron" Townson (lahir 20 Januari 1933, di St. Louis, Missouri - meninggal 2 Agustus 2001 dengan gagal ginjal, di Las Vegas, Nevada)

McCoo dan Davis meninggalkan grup pada bulan November 1975. Sejak itu, anggota lain telah disertakan:
 Eloise Laws (penggantian Marilyn) 1975,
 Danny Beard (penggantian Billy) 1975–1978,
 Marjorie Barnes (penggantian Marilyn) 1976–1977,
 Terri Bryant (penggantian Marilyn) 1978–1979,
 Mic Bell (penggantian Ron) 1978–1979,
 Lou Courtney (penggantian Billy) 1978–1979,
 Pat Bass (penggantian Marilyn) 1979,
 Tanya Boyd (penggantian Marilyn) 1979,
 Joyce Wright Pierce (penggantian Marilyn) 1979–1986 dan 1987,
 Michael Procter (penggantian Billy) 1979–1988,
 Ron Townson 1979-1997,
 Estrelita (penggantian Marilyn) 1986,
 Phyllis Battle (penggantian Marilyn) 1988–2001,
 Eugene Barry-Hill (penggantian Billy) 1989–1992,
 Greg Walker (penggantian Billy) 1993–2006,
 Willie Williams (penggantian Ron) 1998–sekarang,
 Van Jewell (penggantian Marilyn) 2002, 2005,
 Julie Delgado (penggantian Marilyn) 2002–2005,
 Jamila Ajibade (penggantian Marilyn) 2005–2006 dan 2007–2008
 Leonard Tucker (penggantian Billy) 2006–sekarang,
 Valerie Davis (penggantian Marilyn) 2006–2007,
 Jennifer Leigh Warren (penggantian Marilyn) 2007,
 Gwyn Foxx (penggantian Marilyn) Desember 2007,
 Michael Mishaw (penggantian Lamonte) 2006–2008,
 Patrice Morris (penggantian Marilyn) 2008–sekarang,
 Floyd Smith (penggantian Lamonte) 2009–sekarang

 Diskografi 
 Singel 
TahunLaguA.S.AC A.S.R&B A.S.CANUKSisi BAlbum1966"Go Where You Wanna Go"16--9-"Too Poor to Die"Up, Up and Away1967"Another Day, Another Heartache"45----"Rosecrans Blvd.""Up, Up and Away"79-18-"Which Way to Nowhere""Paper Cup"34--17-"Poor Side of Town"The Magic Garden1968"Carpet Man"29--3-"The Magic Garden""Stoned Soul Picnic"3-25-"The Sailboat Song"Stoned Soul Picnic"Sweet Blindness"13-4515-"Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)""California Soul"25-49--"It'll Never Be the Same Again"1969"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"116111"Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya?"The Age of Aquarius"Workin' On a Groovy Thing"2091517-"Broken Wing Bird""Wedding Bell Blues"1123316"Lovin' Stew""Blowing Away"217-24-"Skinny Man"1970"A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"60----"The Declaration"Portrait"The Declaration"6435---B-side of above"The Girls' Song"436---"It'll Never Be the Same Again"The Magic Garden"Puppet Man"2431---"A Love Like Ours"Portrait"Save the Country"2710-24-"Dimension 5""On the Beach (In the Summertime)"5412---"This Is Your Life""One Less Bell to Answer"2143-"Feelin' Alright?"Portrait1971"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"196-28-"The Singer"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"Light Sings"4412---"Viva! (Viva Tirado)""Never My Love" (live)1214521-"A Love Like Ours"Live!!"Together Let's Find Love" (live)37822--"I Just Wanta Be Your Friend"1972"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"82285-"The River Witch"Individually & Collectively"If I Could Reach You"101-13-"Tomorrow Belongs to the Children"1973"Living Together, Growing Together"325---"What Do I Need to Be Me"Living Together, Growing Together"Everything's Been Changed"7018---"There Never Was a Day""Ashes to Ashes"52754--"The Singer""Flashback"823075--"Diggin' for a Livin'"1975"No Love In the Room"10511---"I Don't Know How to Look for Love"Soul & Inspiration1976"Love Hangover"80-39--"Will You Be There"

 Album 

 Up, Up and Away (1967) - A.S. #8
 The Magic Garden (1967) - A.S. #105
 Stoned Soul Picnic (1968) - A.S. #21
 The Age of Aquarius (1969) - A.S. #2
 Portrait (1970) - A.S. #20
 The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits (1970) - A.S. #5
 Love Garden (1970) 5th Dimension, The* - Love Garden (Vinyl, LP) di Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-10.
 The July 5th Album (1970) - A.S. #63
 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (1971) - A.S. #17
 Reflections (1971) - A.S. #112
 The 5th Dimension/Live!! (1971) - A.S. #32
 Individually & Collectively (1972) - A.S. #58
 Greatest Hits On Earth (1972) - A.S. #14
 Living Together, Growing Together (1973) - A.S. #108
 Soul & Inspiration (1974) - A.S. #202
 Earthbound (1975) - A.S. #136
 Star Dancing (1978)
 High On Sunshine (1978)
 The Very Best Of 5th Dimension (1982)
 In the House (1995)
 The Very Best Of The 5th Dimension (1999)
 Live! Plus Rare Studio Recordings (2001) - Judul asli adalah Home Cookin (1976)
 Fantasy (2004) - Judul asli adalah The 5th Dimension Now (1984)

 DVD 

 2003: The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show with Dionne Warwick, Merle Haggard, and The CarpentersVIEW DVD Listing

 Referensi 

 Bibliografi 

 The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul (Revised edition) - Irwin Stambler ©1989 St. Martin's Press, New York
 All Music Guide to Soul (article by Steve Huey) ©2003 Backbeat Books San Francisco

 Pranala luar 

  Situs web resmi The 5th Dimension
  Tinjauan album The Magic Garden 

  The 5th Dimension Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page 
  The 5th Dimension  at Wenig-LaMonica Associates
  Ultimate Band List page 
  The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show (1971)

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