Singer LaMonte McLemore, of The Fifth Dimension, died on Feb. 3. He was 90. McLemore was the thin, matinee-idol-looking singer with group; he started his career as a successful photographer, working for Harper's Bazaar, Jet, and Ebony; it was while shooting singers Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue that The Fifth Dimension was formed. The group enjoyed such late-60s/early-70s hits as “Up, Up and Away,” “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “One Less Bell to Answer” and “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All.” McLemore told interviewer Sally Henry Fuller, “when I founded the group, I put Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Ron Townson and myself together...my hunch was we looked great and I knew each of them were gifted. I was the only one who couldn't sing... Grandma would say, ‘Opportunity always knocks twice, the second time just ain't for you!’”
