Review–Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. in “Up, Up and Away, a Musical Fable,” Theater at Westbury, Long Island, June 9, 2016 by Robert-Allan Arno This is the type of “review” which can be deemed as subjective and objective.  Not only am I the biographer of The Original 5th Dimension and its founder, LaMonte...

Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo admit that when one of their songs comes on the radio, they turn it up because they want to hear themselves. “The problem is that we’re listening for mistakes,” said Davis. “Did he hit that note? He’s flat, what happened there? Even years later, we’re always critiquing. We’re...

In his memoir, “From Hobo Flats to The 5th Dimension,” founder of The 5th Dimension and life-long friend, LaMonte McLemore earmarks Billy Davis, Jr.’s interpretation of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” as incomparable, bringing a tear to his eye. As biographer of both The original 5th and “Mac,” I was so proud...

Published by Mike Morsch on October 11, 2014 The cracks in musical cohesiveness among the members of The 5th Dimension were evident to the group’s members by the time they began work on the “Earthbound” album in 1975. They had reunited with songwriter Jimmy Webb, who had penned the group’s first pop hit, “Up, Up and Away”...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS McCOO FOREVER 5th DIMENSION Celebrates “The Marilyn Solos” by Robert-Allan Arno & the Fans September 30th–  It’s that memorable date when we get to celebrate not only the exquisite lady but “The Marilyn Solos,” those timeless recorded jewels that become impossibly more lovely with every year, just like La McCoo herself. Marilyn...

The Many Faces of “Live:”  McCoo & Davis at the Top of their Show A CD Review by Robert-Allan Arno _______________________________ First, let’s not mistake this review’s pun-in-the-title (“The Many Faces of ‘Live’”) for the recent treatise our two romantic stars issued a few years back, “The Many Faces of Love;” that outing was a...

by Michael P. Coleman Most know that over one half of all marriages end in divorce.  In Hollywood, that “success” rate is even lower.  Just this week, EXTRA reported that Will & Jada’s 17 year marriage “…is the equivalent of 50 years in the midwest!”.   So when a celebrity couple celebrates their 45th...

The 5th Dimension Is One of the Greatest Pop-Soul Groups of All Time, with Four Grammies and 16 Gold Records to Their Credit Earthbound Is the Only One of Their Albums Featuring the Original Line-Up Yet to Be Reissued Produced and Arranged by Long-Time Collaborator Jimmy Webb (“Up, Up and Away”), Who Writes Half...