These songs are from the musical Hair. The musical was about hippy counterculture with a solid anti-Vietnam War sentiment. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr, members of the 5th Dimension, have been married for over 50 years. They have duets they've released as well as solo material.
Those were the days when entertainers were classy and usually had positive messages in their music! Not like the thugs and degenerate entertainers making tons of money for mostly crap these days!
I grew up with the great music of The 5th Dimension in the 60's-70's. They had so many great hits such as "Go Where You Wanna Go", "Up, Up & Away", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Wedding Bell Blues", "California Soul", "Workin' On A Groovy Thing", "One Less Bell To Answer", "Never My Love", "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep at All", "If I Could Reach You", "Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes", "Living Together, Growing Together" etc.
HAVE FAITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE ARE EXPERIENCING US LEAVING OF THE 3 DIMENSION OF WAR AND IGNORANCE FAMINE ETC.. TOO A HOLE BETTER LIFE , I WISH YOU CAN SEE WHAT I SEE, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE EVIL 😈 BEFORE WE GO INTO A BETTER LIFE , NOTICE THE NUMBER 1111 ITS COMING NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER IS THE 11 month AND I COULD BE WRONG BUT I DONT THINK 🤔 GOD BLESS EVERYONE
With one of the fattest, funkiest bass lines in history, this was the #1 single of 1969 and the definition of "groovy." I still _love_ those harmonies!
The instrumentals were from the legendary Wrecking Crew. The bassist is the incomparable Joe Osborne. And yes, it's probably the funkiest bassline in the history of music.
Released in March '69, #1 in April for 6 weeks. The song of the year for 1969. Multiple-Grammy Award winner. Check out their back catalogue. A great, great song with a real killer bassline. Timeless. This combines pop, rock, soul, gospel.
If there's anything we Boomers can be justly proud of, it's our MUSIC! It was the BEST, fresh, inventive, unique--the GOLDEN AGE of popular music--the 1960s and 1970s..
I just love the way My body Reacts to this song. I start to sway back and forth with my eyes closed and Feel this wave of warmth and peacefulness watchs over me
I used to love the 5th Dimension! You should check out "Wedding Bell Blues" by the 5th Dimension. 2 of the members, Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo we're a couple. She sang Wedding Bell Blues to him to get him to marry her. It worked. They married & celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2019! The two of them also had a variety tv show for a brief time.
I love how Billy Davis Jr took us to church in the second song. Such soulful passion! Be sure to check out their other big hits One Less Bell to Answer, Wedding Bell Blues, and Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
Marylin McCoo, the woman at the right at the start of the video, is so beautiful, even today at 78. Her voice just melts my heart. Billy Davis Jr, the guy with the raspy voice, is her husband. They've been married since 1969. Great couple.
Yes! Dancin to the oldies! ADOGG You need to put your shades on! LOL! One of my life long favs! We even sang this in chorus! Me? Soprano! Fyi it's a 2 part song btw! The guy singing is named Billy Davis jr and he's married to the tall woman Marilyn McCoo. After all these years I read the 2 were still performing together! Marilyn McCoo had hits of her own without the group late 60's. Mary Me Bill, One Less Bell To Answer to name a few! As a couple, they had hits in the 70's. Their biggest was You Don't Have To Be A Star (to be in my show) Oh yeah, what a rabbit hole. 💃😎
I'm laughing so hard right now..because I'm 63 years old and grew up on that song. Nevertheless, I appreciate your enthusiasm and boldness to admitting to hearing it for the 1st time. Awesome!! Honestly the group was ahead of it's time, since we have just entered into the 5th dimension "the age of Aquarius!" May the God of the Universe send love peace and prosperity into your heart as you manifest the abundance of money through your channel.
I had a lil turn table growing up & I wore a groove into the vinyl when it came to this one. That was 20 years after it was released & here we are another 30yrs down the road. I love the way music connects us through time 🖤
You're so right. Great music transcends time, culture, generations, etc. Like you, I wore out many 45s and LPs of this music (including The 5th Dimension) on my little aqua & lime green turntable, except that was back in the late 60's early 70's as a very young girl wearing bright paisley maxi dresses and white go-go boots! 😄😂 ✌️♥️
Growing up in the 60s and 70s, this amazing group is part of the soundtrack of my youth. I also had such a crush on Marilyn McCoo (shown here with brown hair), which was no small feat for a white kid in the South in those days. But I was big for my age, so anyone who might have wanted to say something.... Didn't. In the mid-70s, the lovely Marilyn and husband (grrr) Billy Davis Jr left the group and started performing as a duo. You should do a reaction to their 1977 Number 1 hit _You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)._ The couple celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary last year, but I'm still holding out hope she'll see the error of her ways and pick me. :)
Great song! I've always loved this band, Marilyn McCoo has an amazing voice. You should listen to "One Less Bell to Answer" which they performed, though it was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Her voice...WOW. And they had many other good songs as well, which a number of your viewers have recommended. But "One Less..." will melt your heart.
I was 9 years old when this came out. I loved it then and love it now. Great music never gets old! People first thought they were white, same way people thought Bobby Caldwell was black.
Like others have stated, the two main singers are Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo. They have been married over 50 years now. Check out their duet " You Don't Have To Be A Star ".
Great reaction, Agood. I had a hard day and you made me feel good. BTW, there's a great doc movie called "The Black Woodstock" about a music festival in Harlem, very late '60s...maybe '69. The 5th Dimension does a set and just kills it, but there are a lot of superstars in that one.
This was the #1 song of 1969. Still sounds great now, 53 years later. It spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April and May of '69. A great year for music. Marilyn McCoo is the gorgeous lead female whose voice really stands out in most of the group's vocals. Their debut hit came in 1967 with "Up Up and Away." But if you really want to hear their best songs, check out, "California Soul" and "Stoned Soul Picnic." You will fall in love with them. Later, they had some schmaltzy hits like "Last Night I DIdn't Get to Sleep At All," "One Less Bell to Answer," and "Wedding Bell Blues."
In the late 60's Marilyn McCoo of this group did a segment of Robert Wagner's show It Takes A Thief. She sang her most beautiful song One Less Bell To Answer. Pull it up.
This was in a movie called "Hair" about a young man going to Viet Nam who falls in with a group of hippies in New York. It's a beautiful movie, but sad. Here's the movie version ruclips.net/video/hKqsEgMKRuA/видео.html
and a very cool movie in the 70's and I've seen both. Not quite old enough to have watch it when it originally came out, but this ran for ages!!!! Great album too
I was 7 yes old when this song came out. I loved the 5th dimension as a child. "Wedding day blues,. "Up up and away " one less bell to answer. Great Hits... Bill and Marilyn and still married. You can find recent interviews with them on RUclips. Such classy people. ❤️
How can anyone be sad listening to this? Such great music and a great message in it. This was from the rock opera "Hair" and a lot of hits came out of that, but this was a HUGE Number One. Other hits from "Hair" were "Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night, "Good Morning, Starshine" by Oliver, and "Hair!" by The Cowsills. But as for this song, I just love how their voices mesh together. They had other hits like "Stone Soul Picnic", "Wedding Bell Blues" (their other Number One), "One Less Bell To Answer" and "Up! Up! And Away!".
THE 5TH DIMENSION, "AQUARIUS/ LET THE SUNSHINE IN".. From the Play / Movie , "HAIR".. This was a big hit for the 5th DIMENSION. More.."ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER ", "WON'T YOU YOU MARRY ME BILL." "STONE COLD PICNIC"..
Aquarius is the opening song of the rock opera Hair and Let the Sunshine In was the closing song of Hair. The producers of Hair asked the 5th Dimension to record these songs in 1969. These songs were written by the creators and producers of the rock opera Hair which started in London 1969 before moving to the U.S. Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni. By 1970, there were several casts performing Hair in the U.K. and all over the U.S. I attended twice in 1970, the first at the Blackstone Theater in Chicago and second at Northern Illinois University. Loved the plays but the movie that came out some years later lacked the same feel as the live performance.
Unsurpassed excellence. Regarding those great vocal shout outs during the later part of the song, the producer told Billy Davis to "Take it to church"...that's what you're feeling. It was so real!
You have one of the best and most enthusiastic reactions to this iconic hit. The Fifth Dimension were one of the first musical groups I ever heard or saw on television as a child. They have a special place in my heart.
I was five years old when this song came out, grew up in LA, close to Compton, and we all had love for each other, no matter what color! I remember. Please bring the love back
Billy Davis Jr singing on let the sunshine in, he is married to lady mostly wearing yellow Marilyn Mc Coo, they have been married for over 50 years and are still performing as a duo today ❤️❤️❤️ You need to react to " One less bell to answer then you can hear just how good Marilyn is ❤️❤️❤️
One Less Bell To Answer is another. These were songs from a Broadway musical later a movie called HAIR. This was the height of hippiedom! The 60s were amazing.
One of my favorite groups from my younger years (showing my age here). The taller lady (Marilyn McCoo) and the lead singer on the second song (Billy Davis Jr.) have been married since 1969 and are still going strong. Florence Larue (the shorter lady) and Lamonte MacLemore (the taller guy) are still alive. Ronald Townson (the larger gentleman - literally a gentleman) unfortunately past away years ago. There's too much I would like to say about their music to write it down here. Please listen to more. Thx.
I grew up listening to them...love all their music. I was 11 yesterday old when this song came out!! Loved the music I grew up listening to! They don't like em like that anymore!!
Pure raw talent, no auto tune, kudos for you even listening to this, there isn't anything today that's remotely in the same universe, they are all legends but Marilyn McCoo, the one in yellow is a true gift from God, try One Less Bell To Answer, what a time to be alive.
This is the opening and closing songs to the musical Hair. They combined the two because neither was long enough as a single on its own. And then they took us to church.
THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS- ~ Opening hook of the medley "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine" performed by the 5TH DIMENSION, merged two songs from the controversial, and in turn groundbreaking Broadway smash, "HAIR". Synchronicity and Serendipity joined forces when a wallet lost was returned to one of the groups members while performing in New York by Hair's producer, Michael Butler and mutual show invitations ensued. Butler, son of the wealthy Co-founder of the Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, the Midwest's version of Beverly Hills, was thus birth-righted an "All Access Social Pass" to the American Royalty of the times, most notably including JFK, whom as a Senator he advised on Middle East and Indian matters. During a failed run for the Illinois Senate in 1967, he developed an anti-Vietnam War focus, and after seeing the original limited run production and being blown away, acquired the rights, reworked the show (adding the infamous nude scene) and from its re-opening in April 1968 ; It ran for 1,742 performances. The author was lucky enough to attend one of those in 1969. So pleased you and OTHERS of Gen Z, Zillennials, et al are discovering this song! It means we are indeed at the dawning of the AQUARIAN AGE- and you folks- will be picking up the torch from BOOMERS to ZOOMERS. (the folks in between, not so much, all Semi- to Un-woke, big yikes for them).- HEY- we took care of Vietnam ending, women's rights, Civil rights, Gay/Lesbian rights, Trans (which I am-sort of battle continues), and brought you the internet. Not bad for one generation's work! Oh- and I-phones. Can't forget Steve. "Aquarius/Sunshine won the 1969 Grammy for "Song of the Year". IMPORTANT LESSON HERE IN HISTORICAL TERMS-WHERE REAL CHANGE BEGAN< 1969-5th Dimension's #1 Hit for 6 weeks in April and May 1969- Nailing IT! -the Zeitgeist of that moment. The ensuing weeks and months included Woodstock, "An Aquarian Exposition"; the Beatles "Get Back" an anti-prejudice ode bumped "Aquarius/Sunshine" to number 2; Charles Manson became the face of Evil; and the Stonewall Riots marked the violent birth of the LGBTQ+ movement.
I was in my college production of HAIR way back in the eighties. I had to sing the lead for Aquarius behind the curtain because our Earth Mother actress couldn't hit the high notes but I could. Was I embarrassed? Should I have been? 36 years later still undecided but it was sure fun.
YES Please do , Stoned Soul Picnic and , "Wedding Bell Blues" and ", "Workin' On A Groovy Thing", "One Less Bell To Answer", and , "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep at All"
The woman who had the good amount of yellow in her dress is married to the lead singer. They celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary a few months ago.
I keep seeing all these channels where people are reacting to the 5th Dimension because they had never heard them before. It's so hard to believe because they were my favorite band back in the late 60s early 70s. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr were married and are still married. They also had a TV show back in the 80s they did as a couple called Solid Gold where they played music and featured the Solid Gold dancers. You should read thr history of the band. They were college educated superstars. Play their whole album one day and you will recognize some of the songs (I hope) because they had a lot of hits.
This is called a "Medley", two songs smashed together to make one song. This was the biggest medley the Fifth Dimension ever had but is not their only medley. Another medley was three songs smashed together. It is called Medley : Declaration - A Change Is Gonna Come - People Gotta Be Free. This is from their 1970 album called Portrait which spawned four top 40 hits. They are ; Puppet Man, One Less Bell To Answer, Save The Country and This Is your Life. Portrait is a truely great album without a bad song on it, well worth an album review!
These songs are from the musical Hair. The musical was about hippy counterculture with a solid anti-Vietnam War sentiment.
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr, members of the 5th Dimension, have been married for over 50 years. They have duets they've released as well as solo material.
And they still look incredible for their age. Absolutely stunning
Those were the days when entertainers were classy and usually had positive messages in their music! Not like the thugs and degenerate entertainers making tons of money for mostly crap these days!
I grew up with the great music of The 5th Dimension in the 60's-70's. They had so many great hits such as "Go Where You Wanna Go", "Up, Up & Away", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Wedding Bell Blues", "California Soul", "Workin' On A Groovy Thing", "One Less Bell To Answer", "Never My Love", "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep at All", "If I Could Reach You", "Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes", "Living Together, Growing Together" etc.
Me too, I miss it. Thankful for RUclips its there now whenever we want it.
Ooooo! I LOVE "Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes" !! California Soul is another favorite.
HAVE FAITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE ARE EXPERIENCING US LEAVING OF THE 3 DIMENSION OF WAR AND IGNORANCE FAMINE ETC.. TOO A HOLE BETTER LIFE , I WISH YOU CAN SEE WHAT I SEE, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE EVIL 😈 BEFORE WE GO INTO A BETTER LIFE , NOTICE THE NUMBER 1111 ITS COMING NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER IS THE 11 month AND I COULD BE WRONG BUT I DONT THINK 🤔 GOD BLESS EVERYONE
With one of the fattest, funkiest bass lines in history, this was the #1 single of 1969 and the definition of "groovy." I still _love_ those harmonies!
Yep, my favorite bass line. It drives the entire song.
The instrumentals were from the legendary Wrecking Crew. The bassist is the incomparable Joe Osborne. And yes, it's probably the funkiest bassline in the history of music.
You're right that is a bitch Bass line that kicks up in the second half of the song. I'm sure somebody remixed this to bring up the bass but damn!
That's my pops!
Joe Osborn is your _dad_ ?!@@davidosborn146
Colors. The sixties. Oh yes! What a fabulous vibe!
Released in March '69, #1 in April for 6 weeks. The song of the year for 1969. Multiple-Grammy Award winner. Check out their back catalogue. A great, great song with a real killer bassline. Timeless. This combines pop, rock, soul, gospel.
If there's anything we Boomers can be justly proud of, it's our MUSIC! It was the BEST, fresh, inventive, unique--the GOLDEN AGE of popular music--the 1960s and 1970s..
I just love the way My body Reacts to this song. I start to sway back and forth with my eyes closed and Feel this wave of warmth and peacefulness watchs over me
I used to love the 5th Dimension!
You should check out "Wedding Bell Blues" by the 5th Dimension. 2 of the members, Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo we're a couple. She sang Wedding Bell Blues to him to get him to marry her. It worked. They married & celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2019! The two of them also had a variety tv show for a brief time.
One of the best songs ever...because of sheer positivity.
They don't play.
The sound of my childhood. Love the 5th Dimension! I still have the album...it's the musical "Hair." They can sing! And oh my those horns.
I love how Billy Davis Jr took us to church in the second song. Such soulful passion! Be sure to check out their other big hits One Less Bell to Answer, Wedding Bell Blues, and Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
Gorgeous gorgeous iconic songs. Love those groovy 60s dance moves!
Marylin McCoo, the woman at the right at the start of the video, is so beautiful, even today at 78. Her voice just melts my heart. Billy Davis Jr, the guy with the raspy voice, is her husband. They've been married since 1969. Great couple.
Her "One Less Bell to Answer" is great!
I was listening to this yesterday. Lol. This group originated in 1966. Feel good song❤
Beautiful throwback!👍👍💙💙 Always brings a tear to my eyes for some reason🤗
One of the most talented and underappreciated groups. Multi-Grammy award winners with this most inspirational song ever!! Peace!!
Great song. Checkout their song “One Less Bell To Answer”. Shoutout to the backing band “The Wrecking Crew”! Cheers
Yes! Dancin to the oldies! ADOGG You need to put your shades on! LOL!
One of my life long favs! We even sang this in chorus! Me? Soprano!
Fyi it's a 2 part song btw!
The guy singing is named Billy Davis jr and he's married to the tall woman Marilyn McCoo. After all these years I read the 2 were still performing together!
Marilyn McCoo had hits of her own without the group late 60's. Mary Me Bill, One Less Bell To Answer to name a few! As a couple, they had hits in the 70's. Their biggest was You Don't Have To Be A Star (to be in my show)
Oh yeah, what a rabbit hole. 💃😎
I'm laughing so hard right now..because I'm 63 years old and grew up on that song. Nevertheless, I appreciate your enthusiasm and boldness to admitting to hearing it for the 1st time. Awesome!! Honestly the group was ahead of it's time, since we have just entered into the 5th dimension "the age of Aquarius!" May the God of the Universe send love peace and prosperity into your heart as you manifest the abundance of money through your channel.
The two lead singers are *Marilyn McCoo* and *Billy Davis Jr.* Check out their awesome duet: "You Don't Have To Be A Star (to Be in My Show)"
Man! What a great and happy song!!! We need more of this today. You can’t help but smile. :))
I had a lil turn table growing up & I wore a groove into the vinyl when it came to this one. That was 20 years after it was released & here we are another 30yrs down the road. I love the way music connects us through time 🖤
You're so right. Great music transcends time, culture, generations, etc. Like you, I wore out many 45s and LPs of this music (including The 5th Dimension) on my little aqua & lime green turntable, except that was back in the late 60's early 70's as a very young girl wearing bright paisley maxi dresses and white go-go boots! 😄😂 ✌️♥️
Growing up in the 60s and 70s, this amazing group is part of the soundtrack of my youth. I also had such a crush on Marilyn McCoo (shown here with brown hair), which was no small feat for a white kid in the South in those days. But I was big for my age, so anyone who might have wanted to say something.... Didn't. In the mid-70s, the lovely Marilyn and husband (grrr) Billy Davis Jr left the group and started performing as a duo. You should do a reaction to their 1977 Number 1 hit _You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)._ The couple celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary last year, but I'm still holding out hope she'll see the error of her ways and pick me. :)
A time capsule from the late 60s. I grew up on sounds like this, which is why so much of the new stuff doesnt impress me.
💯 We really did have the greatest music back then, man. ✌️♥️
Great song! I've always loved this band, Marilyn McCoo has an amazing voice. You should listen to "One Less Bell to Answer" which they performed, though it was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Her voice...WOW. And they had many other good songs as well, which a number of your viewers have recommended. But "One Less..." will melt your heart.
The man in the middle is Billy Davis Jr. & the beautiful lady to his left, is his wife Marilyn McCoo. They've been married since 1969.
Man the 60's were the end of innocence in the world... great reaction Bro.
I was 9 years old when this came out. I loved it then and love it now. Great music never gets old! People first thought they were white, same way people thought Bobby Caldwell was black.
I remember me and my sisters dancing with our mom to The 5th Dimension. Loved it then and now.
They were awesome! My mother was a big fan she took me to see them when I was 5! Billy D Williams and Marilyn McCoo are still singing! Good pick
Billy Davis, Jr
Yes yes !you cannot help but feel something when they get into "let the sun shine".
Like others have stated, the two main singers are Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo. They have been married over 50 years now. Check out their duet
" You Don't Have To Be A Star ".
Great reaction, Agood. I had a hard day and you made me feel good.
BTW, there's a great doc movie called "The Black Woodstock" about a music festival in Harlem, very late '60s...maybe '69. The 5th Dimension does a set and just kills it, but there are a lot of superstars in that one.
This was during my teen years, they are amazing...love the 5th Demension!
It was the 60’s and this was from the musical “Hair”. Watch the movie - it will put the songs in perspective for you✌️
This was the #1 song of 1969. Still sounds great now, 53 years later. It spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April and May of '69. A great year for music. Marilyn McCoo is the gorgeous lead female whose voice really stands out in most of the group's vocals. Their debut hit came in 1967 with "Up Up and Away." But if you really want to hear their best songs, check out, "California Soul" and "Stoned Soul Picnic." You will fall in love with them. Later, they had some schmaltzy hits like "Last Night I DIdn't Get to Sleep At All," "One Less Bell to Answer," and "Wedding Bell Blues."
In the late 60's Marilyn McCoo of this group did a segment of Robert Wagner's show It Takes A Thief. She sang her most beautiful song One Less Bell To Answer. Pull it up.
This was in a movie called "Hair" about a young man going to Viet Nam who falls in with a group of hippies in New York. It's a beautiful movie, but sad. Here's the movie version ruclips.net/video/hKqsEgMKRuA/видео.html
Marylin McCoo also hosted a show called
Solid Gold. a show with the top songs of the week with dancers
I never missed watching Solid Gold.
You have the makings of a true hippie! To put you to the test, listen to the complete album of “Hair”! It was a famous play in the ‘60’s!
and a very cool movie in the 70's and I've seen both. Not quite old enough to have watch it when it originally came out, but this ran for ages!!!! Great album too
This is the kind of music we all need to be listening to these days. Makes you feel good, sing and smile!
We are currently in the age of Aquarius, it's just starting. Check with current astrology.
A component of the soundtrack of my life. I love the 5th Dimension! We used to dance around my house to this song when I was a kid!!
I was 7 yes old when this song came out. I loved the 5th dimension as a child. "Wedding day blues,. "Up up and away " one less bell to answer. Great Hits... Bill and Marilyn and still married. You can find recent interviews with them on RUclips. Such classy people. ❤️
Love the 5th Dimension and Marilyn McCoo
They are so awesome! This group has been the background of my life. They were also featured in the Oscar-winning "Summer of Soul" documentary.
Hippie Music from a great time. Love this ✌️
How can anyone be sad listening to this? Such great music and a great message in it. This was from the rock opera "Hair" and a lot of hits came out of that, but this was a HUGE Number One. Other hits from "Hair" were "Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night, "Good Morning, Starshine" by Oliver, and "Hair!" by The Cowsills. But as for this song, I just love how their voices mesh together. They had other hits like "Stone Soul Picnic", "Wedding Bell Blues" (their other Number One), "One Less Bell To Answer" and "Up! Up! And Away!".
Their "Stoned Soul Picnic" was my favorite, such a chill, feel-good vibe. Hope you'll do that one soon. Love your channel, thx!
THE 5TH DIMENSION, "AQUARIUS/ LET THE SUNSHINE IN".. From the Play / Movie , "HAIR".. This was a big hit for the 5th DIMENSION. More.."ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER ", "WON'T YOU YOU MARRY ME BILL." "STONE COLD PICNIC"..
Aquarius is the opening song of the rock opera Hair and Let the Sunshine In was the closing song of Hair. The producers of Hair asked the 5th Dimension to record these songs in 1969. These songs were written by the creators and producers of the rock opera Hair which started in London 1969 before moving to the U.S. Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni. By 1970, there were several casts performing Hair in the U.K. and all over the U.S. I attended twice in 1970, the first at the Blackstone Theater in Chicago and second at Northern Illinois University. Loved the plays but the movie that came out some years later lacked the same feel as the live performance.
We sang this when I was in elementary school. This was such an uplifting song. To bad "WE" don't let the Sun Shine In more now. We could sure use it!
So far so good? It doesn't get much better than this song. Loved seeing your reaction.
Good for you for letting the music really move you! And yes, the outfits are fantastic!!
60’s music is the best! Reminds me of my childhood. Sitting in the beach
Unsurpassed excellence. Regarding those great vocal shout outs during the later part of the song, the producer told Billy Davis to "Take it to church"...that's what you're feeling. It was so real!
Loved them and I love how you enjoyed the music I grew up with. Marilyn McCoo has a wonderful voice.
You have one of the best and most enthusiastic reactions to this iconic hit. The Fifth Dimension were one of the first musical groups I ever heard or saw on television as a child. They have a special place in my heart.
"One Less Bell to Answer" .....another great 5th Dimension song
I was five years old when this song came out, grew up in LA, close to Compton, and we all had love for each other, no matter what color! I remember. Please bring the love back
I often wondered what you guys in this generation would think about my music. Looks like the music from the 60's has stood the test of time!
Billy Davis Jr singing on let the sunshine in, he is married to lady mostly wearing yellow Marilyn Mc Coo, they have been married for over 50 years and are still performing as a duo today ❤️❤️❤️ You need to react to " One less bell to answer then you can hear just how good Marilyn is ❤️❤️❤️
Can we talk about that BASS?
When you realize that, at your age, your grandparents were MUCH cooler than you could EVER hope to be...
Props to that bass player. Man, what a groove!
Aquarian here, peace y'all ✌️
We entered the Age Of Aquarius in December 2020, The Golden Age. It's always darkest before the dawn 😉👍
Love and light to you from Sweden 🙏❤🥰👊✌
One Less Bell To Answer is another.
These were songs from a Broadway musical later a movie called HAIR. This was the height of hippiedom! The 60s were amazing.
Beautiful reaction ☮💜
One of my favorite groups from my younger years (showing my age here). The taller lady (Marilyn McCoo) and the lead singer on the second song (Billy Davis Jr.) have been married since 1969 and are still going strong. Florence Larue (the shorter lady) and Lamonte MacLemore (the taller guy) are still alive. Ronald Townson (the larger gentleman - literally a gentleman) unfortunately past away years ago.
There's too much I would like to say about their music to write it down here. Please listen to more. Thx.
Let the sun shine 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵
I grew up listening to them...love all their music. I was 11 yesterday old when this song came out!! Loved the music I grew up listening to! They don't like em like that anymore!!
Pure raw talent, no auto tune, kudos for you even listening to this, there isn't anything today that's remotely in the same universe, they are all legends but Marilyn McCoo, the one in yellow is a true gift from God, try One Less Bell To Answer, what a time to be alive.
this song is from the musical and movie, Hair. Hair had a lot of great songs
Thanks for posting this! This song... really timeless and always brings happy tears.
This is the opening and closing songs to the musical Hair. They combined the two because neither was long enough as a single on its own. And then they took us to church.
Heartwarming to see the smile on a young person's face hearing this uplifting son for the first time!
Used in the outro of 40 Year Old Virgin, performed by that cast which was hilarious!
Great song!!! Let the sunshine!
The lead singer is Billie Davis jr. His wife is Marylin Mccoo. They are still married. They were really popular back in the 70s
THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS-
~ Opening hook of the medley "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine" performed by the 5TH DIMENSION, merged two songs from the controversial, and in turn groundbreaking Broadway smash, "HAIR". Synchronicity and Serendipity joined forces when a wallet lost was returned to one of the groups members while performing in New York by Hair's producer, Michael Butler and mutual show invitations ensued.
Butler, son of the wealthy Co-founder of the Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, the Midwest's version of Beverly Hills, was thus birth-righted an "All Access Social Pass" to the American Royalty of the times, most notably including JFK, whom as a Senator he advised on Middle East and Indian matters. During a failed run for the Illinois Senate in 1967, he developed an anti-Vietnam War focus, and after seeing the original limited run production and being blown away, acquired the rights, reworked the show (adding the infamous nude scene) and from its re-opening in April 1968 ; It ran for 1,742 performances. The author was lucky enough to attend one of those in 1969.
So pleased you and OTHERS of Gen Z, Zillennials, et al are discovering this song! It means we are indeed at the dawning of the AQUARIAN AGE- and you folks- will be picking up the torch from BOOMERS to ZOOMERS. (the folks in between, not so much, all Semi- to Un-woke, big yikes for them).- HEY- we took care of Vietnam ending, women's rights, Civil rights, Gay/Lesbian rights, Trans (which I am-sort of battle continues), and brought you the internet. Not bad for one generation's work! Oh- and I-phones. Can't forget Steve.
"Aquarius/Sunshine won the 1969 Grammy for "Song of the Year".
IMPORTANT LESSON HERE IN HISTORICAL TERMS-WHERE REAL CHANGE BEGAN< 1969-5th Dimension's #1 Hit for 6 weeks in April and May 1969- Nailing IT! -the Zeitgeist of that moment. The ensuing weeks and months included Woodstock, "An Aquarian Exposition"; the Beatles "Get Back" an anti-prejudice ode bumped "Aquarius/Sunshine" to number 2; Charles Manson became the face of Evil; and the Stonewall Riots marked the violent birth of the LGBTQ+ movement.
I was in my college production of HAIR way back in the eighties. I had to sing the lead for Aquarius behind the curtain because our Earth Mother actress couldn't hit the high notes but I could.
Was I embarrassed? Should I have been?
36 years later still undecided but it was sure fun.
Embarrassed? There’s nothing embarrassing about that level of talent. ☮️
@@lee48lee68 thanks. In my mid fifties and can still hit MOST of those notes. Most, not all. But it was so much fun back in the day.
yes using headphones does it for the ears!
1968---so excited when I got this album for Christmas
Keep in mind,,on the old days of a.m. radio,,there was a top ten,and a top 40,and you heard these songs ALOT
Omg...start listening to them!
“One Less Bell “
YES Please do , Stoned Soul Picnic and , "Wedding Bell Blues" and ", "Workin' On A Groovy Thing", "One Less Bell To Answer", and , "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep at All"
The woman who had the good amount of yellow in her dress is married to the lead singer. They celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary a few months ago.
It is from the rock musical Hair as is Nina Simone's Ain't Got No, I got life
That is incredible. Incredible that a person at your age is so shocked at the song. It’s so funny.
I keep seeing all these channels where people are reacting to the 5th Dimension because they had never heard them before. It's so hard to believe because they were my favorite band back in the late 60s early 70s. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr were married and are still married. They also had a TV show back in the 80s they did as a couple called Solid Gold where they played music and featured the Solid Gold dancers. You should read thr history of the band. They were college educated superstars. Play their whole album one day and you will recognize some of the songs (I hope) because they had a lot of hits.
I've gone through all the reactions too, and the brilliant thing is EVERYONE reacts the same way when the chorus starts. Massive smiles and joy.😂
This is called a "Medley", two songs smashed together to make one song. This was the biggest medley the Fifth Dimension ever had but is not their only medley. Another medley was three songs smashed together. It is called Medley : Declaration - A Change Is Gonna Come - People Gotta Be Free. This is from their 1970 album called Portrait which spawned four top 40 hits. They are ; Puppet Man, One Less Bell To Answer, Save The Country and This Is your Life. Portrait is a truely great album without a bad song on it, well worth an album review!
You always make me smile!
Definitely need to watch Up, Up and Away and Stoned Soul Picnic!
Great reaction. 😊
I’m dancing and snapping my fingers along with you ✌️it’s so awesome music 🎶 ❤😂👌
Welcome to my childhood!!! 👌🏽😇✌🏽
TeeHee. One song. Same song.
'One Less Bell To Answer' - The 5th Dimension
Yes!
I second this suggestion.
Check out: "One Less Bell To Answer" by the 5th Dimension. It is a sad, but beautiful song.
My gosh, that Ms Marilyn McCoo so set my soul on FIRE, lol. Great reaction my friend.
The bass is Joe Osborn with a line that gets you rockin