R.I.P. .LaMonte McLemore, one of the 5 original voices of The 5th Dimension, the St. Louis born military vet whose early talents in #MLB baseball were waylaid by an injury, but became a key co-founder of the prolific pop vocal group.

Aside from the #platinum success working with 60's & 70's era key musical compatriots including Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr, Hal Blaine, Johnny Rivers, Laura Nyro, Jimmy Webb, Bones Howe etc, he was also a cultural force and creative eye who was the very first black #photographer hired by Harper's Bazaar and captured Jet & Ebony magazine model portraits for decades, as well as contributing to Playboy and People mags.

A truly profound example of #AfricanAmerican excellence, McLemore's life is documented in his 2014 autobiography "From Hobo Flats to The 5th Dimension - A Life Fulfilled in Baseball, Photography, and Music" before suffering a stroke and recent death this week at age 90 in #PalmSprings.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/02/14/lamonte-mclemore-dead-fifth-dimension/ #5thDimension #Singer #Obit via #WashingtonPost

#HashtagGames
#ContradictASongLyric

You wouldn't like to fly in my ugly balloon.

#5thDimension

#JukeboxFridayNight
#Money

1/ Glen Meadmore - No Money No Honey (1988, 🇨🇦) : https://song.link/fr/i/1413063664

"Personally, you can't afford me"

2/ The 5th Dimension - Too Poor To Die (1967, 🇺🇸)

"I'm so much in debt, I'll be working for the next hundred years"

3/ Meryl - Billets (mixtape Jour avant caviar, 2020, 🇲🇫) : https://song.link/fr/i/1496133140

"poches remplies, coeur léger"

4/ Rubella Ballet - Unemployed (on the Ballet Dance EP, 1982, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) : https://song.link/fr/i/294053123

#GlenMeadmore #PunkBlues #CowPunk #QueerMusicians
#5ThDimension #Soul #NorthernSoul
#Meryl #Dancehall #Martinique
#RubellaBallet #AnarchoPunk

Good morning. 🌕☕👍

5 August 2024

"Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" was performed by the 5th Dimension and in my mind brings back memories of the 60s. Their songs rang with wonderful harmonies, me thinks.

"When the moon is in the seventh house
And jupiter aligns with mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of aquarius
Age of aquarius
Aquarius! ..." - Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt Mac Dermot

"The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire." - Dave Barry 😅

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #moon #1960s #5thDimension

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SundaySoul

5th Dimension:
🎵 Love Hangover

#5thDimension

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Do you realize that looking for answers with 3 dimensional mind constructs fails to hold space for higher dimensional answers.

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