In summer 1969, 300,000 people filled Harlem's Mount Morris Park over six weekends for the Harlem Cultural Festival, a free event showcasing Black music and culture. "It crossed our minds from time to ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Here we have a ...
Half-a-century ago "One Less Bell to Answer" was a smash hit for The 5th Dimension. On lead vocal: Marilyn McCoo, touching a nerve with a timeless torch song: She still does all these years later … ...
There are many reasons to revel in Summer of Soul, the acclaimed music doc premiering on Hulu this weekend. Across six days in 1969, tens of thousands of people streamed into a park in Harlem to see ...
Remember that? “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures).” Recorded by The 5th Dimension. James Rado and Gerome Ragni wrote the lyrics. Galt MacDermot composed the music. When I was in high ...
In summer 1969, 300,000 people filled Harlem's Mount Morris Park over six weekends for the Harlem Cultural Festival, a free event showcasing Black music and culture. Those who played the event never ...