I really like the Fifth Dimension. They never became trendy. They were never 'rediscovered'. But, they made a lot of gorgeous records and are perhaps due a reassessment, What say you?
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They — or someone close to them — had a real knack for finding material by, then, relatively unknown but excellent songwriters such as Laura Nyro and Jim Webb. I probably originally heard both through Fifth Dimension songs. Otherwise they were just too mainstream for this, very particular, pretentious teenager.
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I like them.
They've acquired a certain amount of retrospective credibility over the years because of the Jimmy Webb connection, as his reputation as one of the greats has become more widely acknowledged.
As a touring act over the years, they seem to have burned through members at a rate that would make The Temptations blush.
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Ed Sullivan devoted an entire episode of his top-rated variety show to their fifth anniversaryLast edited by ursus arctos; 27-10-2018, 15:09.
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