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The Fifth Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes R&B, Soul, and Jazz, best-known during the late 1960s and 1970s for popularizing hits of songwriters like Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro, Burt Bacharach, Ashford & Simpson, and others, and helping to popularize “flower power” music with both white and black middle-class Americans.

They are best-known during the late 1960s and early 1970s for popularizing the hits “Up, Up and Away”, “Wedding Bell Blues”, “Stoned Soul Picnic”, “One Less Bell to Answer”, “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All”, and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”, as well as the eponymous 5th Dimension and The Magic Garden LP recordings.

The five original members were Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ron Townson. They have recorded for several different labels over their long careers. Their first work appeared on the Soul City label, which was started by Imperial Records/United Artists Records recording artist Johnny Rivers. The group would later record for Bell/Arista Records, ABC Records, and Motown Records.

Some of the songwriters popularized by The 5th Dimension later went on to careers of their own, especially Ashford & Simpson, who wrote “California Soul”.

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1	Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In	308
2	Wedding Bell Blues full track	188
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4	Stoned Soul Picnic full track	142
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6	(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All full track	95
7	Up Up And Away	77
8	Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In	73
9	Aquarius, Let The Sunshine In full track	67
10	Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) full track	56
11	California Soul full track	54
12	Age of Aquarius	48
13	Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Digitally Remastered 1997	42
14	Workin' on a Groovy Thing full track	39
15	Aquarius	38

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Hydette wrote:
last month

too hippie xD

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Ragman205 wrote:
September 2009

fffffffking awesome LET THE SUN SHINE IN

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doppler513 wrote:
June 2009

Wonderful

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spookyclau wrote:
May 2009

que patraña mas grande!!

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IRSARGE wrote:
April 2009

blues

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bachrodi wrote:
March 2009

boards of canada is proud!

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fmera wrote:
February 2009

"Up, Up & Away" is a flawless pop song. [2]

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HermanHinds wrote:
January 2009

They are absolutely great! For eternity!

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Zodiac_Killer wrote:
December 2008

"Up, Up & Away" is a flawless pop song.

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brasmeta01 wrote:
December 2008

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OSCARCHOICE-CHI wrote:
November 2008

LA GENTE ME LO PEDIA A GRITOS EN LAS DISCOS DE URUGUAY---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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opalmaker wrote:
November 2008

Hair, unvergesslich !!!!!!!!!!!!

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mixedbill wrote:
July 2008

Even though I like them, I much prefer the original recordings by Nyro.

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BobbieWest wrote:
June 2008

flower power is thy name.

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ladiorange wrote:
June 2008

Age of Aquarius is from Hair the Musical. If you like that song, you should check out that musical. (Cover artists include The Free Design, Three Dog Night, Oliver and the Cowsills...) I recommend the 1968 recording. Ah yes, California Soul from Marlena Shaw 1969 album Spice of Life (highly recommended!!!). But I love Marilyn McCoo's cool voice. I love the early stuff (LOVE) but my goodness, the later stuff with her smooth solos melt me!

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ineptpupil wrote:
June 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AEcR-5x8xwI this is the commercial. marlena shaw is singing california soul.

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ineptpupil wrote:
June 2008

i had to download california soul after watching that Dockers commercial so many times.

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kevthepoet wrote:
April 2008

The Age of Aquarius... way ahead of their time!

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pol-pol-pol wrote:
April 2008

★★★★★great!★★★★★

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AcquaticAngels wrote:
March 2008

Wow, Steve Carrell covered this in 40 Year Old Virgin. Blew my mind.

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