Singing some of the sweetest, soulful pop of the 1960s, five-part harmony group
The 5th Dimension scored a string of US hits by offering a clean-cut, more
mainstream take on early R&B. Initially formed when photographer Lamonte
McLemore snapped Marilyn McCoo at a beauty pageant, the pair backed Ray Charles
under the name The Hi-Fi's, before teaming up with Billy Davis Jr, Florence
LaRue and Ron Townson in 1966. They were rejected by Motown but signed to Johnny
River's Soul City Records and first made waves with a cover of The Mamas And The
Papas track Go Where You Wanna Go. Their...