Cult heroes: the 5th Dimension – elegant pop crooners who wowed the mainstream

The opulent harmonies of these five suburban Californians in hits like Aquarius made every song they covered pure joyMy parents owned only two albums that weren’t folk or opera. One was the original Broadway cast recording of the musical Hair, which was famous for a scene in which the entire lot were naked; the other was The Age of Aquarius by the 5th Dimension. Both arrived in their record collection around 1975, several years after they had been released (in 1968 and 1969, respectively)...

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