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. "It crossed our minds from time to ...

Listening to The 5th Dimension, the popular R&B group from the ‘60s and ‘70s, it’s impossible not to recognize the band’s beautiful sense of depth and the member’s lush harmonies. Together, the ...

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“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 ...

Florence LaRue had no interest in being a singer when she was approached about joining the 5th Dimension in 1966. She'd moved to California from her native Pennsylvania in hopes of being a movie ...

*Today we celebrate singer Florence LaRue of The Fifth Dimension on her 76th birthday. The group, which included Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. before they left to become a duo, blessed us with ...

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 ...

Grammy Award winners Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about their new album, the British Invasion, Beatles’ lyrics and more on “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast ...

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 ...