FIFTH DIMENSION

by EUGENE PROCTER

ON ALL OF THE HISTORY ACCOUNTS OF THE POP GROUP "THE FIFTH DIMENSION"

I FIND MANY PEOPLE MENTIONED IN REFERENCE TO THE GROUP EXCEPT THE 2

MEMBERS

THAT HELPED BRING THE GROUP BACK INTO PROMINENCE DURING THE YEARS 1979

THRU

1989

FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF MARILYN McCOO AND BILLY DAVIS.

THE MEMBERS I SPEAK OF ARE MICHAEL PROCTER & JOYCE WRIGHT.

MICHAEL & JOYCE JOINED THE GROUP IN 1979 AND STARTED A COMPLETE

RESERGENCE

OF THE FIFTH DIMENSION.

AT THAT TIME THE FIFTH DIMENSION COULDN'T EVEN

GET

BOOKED INTO LAS VEGAS ANYMORE. WHEN MICHAEL AND JOYCE BECAME PART OF

THE

GROUP THEIR ENERGY AND VOCALS GAVE A NEW LIFE TO THE GROUP. ALSO

RETURNING

AT THAT TIME WAS "SWEETS" RON TOWNSON THE ROTUND SOUL OF THE GROUP WHO

HAD

LEFT THE GROUP TO FORM HIS OWN GROUP. WITH THIS ENSEMBLE THE GROUP

BEGAN A

NEW DRIVE TO RECAPTURE THE PROMINENCE THAT THEY HAD ONCE HAD.

   WITH MICHAEL & JOYCE AT THE VOCAL HELM THE GROUP MADE GREAT HEADWAY

IN

RETURNING TO THE POSITION OF ONE OF THE BEST POP GROUPS OF IT'S TIME.

DURING

THEIR TENURE WITH THE GROUP THE FIFTH REGAINED THEIR BOOKINGS INTO MOST

OF

THE MAJOR HOTELS IN LAS VEGAS AGAIN ALONG WITH HEADING THE "SOLID GOLD

SHOW" AT THE RIVIERA HOTEL IN VEGAS. THEY WENT ON TO OPEN AND STAR IN

THE

NEW PRODUCION "SPLASH" AND WAS BOOKED INTO THAT SHOW FOR A SOLD YEAR OR

MORE. DURING THIS TIME THE GROUP ALSO WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO

PERFORM THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL " AIN'T MISBEHAVIN" WHICH MADE IT THE

FIRST

VOCAL GROUP TO PERFORM A BROADWAY PLAY WITH JUST THE MEMBERS OF THE

GROUP ,

THEY TOURED DOING AIN'T MISBEHAVIN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND EUROPE.THEY

WERE

INVITED TO PERFORM THE SHOW ON BROADWAY, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

   THEY WERE INVITED BACK TO PERFORM ON THE "JOHNNY CARSON SHOW" AND

MANY OF

THE PROMINENT TALK SHOWS DURING THAT PERIOD INCLUDING "MERV GRIFFIN"

THEY

WERE REGULARS ON ALL OF THE BENEFIT TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS THE JERRY

LEWIS

TELETHON AND OTHERS. THE GROUP WAS INVITED ONCE AGAIN TO PERFORM WITH

THE

MAJOR ORCHESTRA'S IN AMERICA. THEY RECORDED A LIVE PERFORMANCE TITLE "

FIFTH

DIMENSION "LIVE" AT CAESARS IN ATLANTIC CITY. THEY WERE GIVEN THE KEYS

TO

THE CITY OF ATLANTA,GA. AND MANY OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA.

THE GROUP WAS INVITED FOR A COMMAND PERFORMANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT

RONALD

REAGAN AND THE MARCOS FROM THE PHILLIPINES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. ALSO A

COMMAND PERFORMANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES PRESS CORP. AND THE GROUP WAS

INVITED TO PERFORM FOR THE KING OF AUSTRIA AT A CELEBRATION IN AUSTRIA.

THEY DID FASHION SPREADS FOR MANY MAJOR MAGAZINES. AND WERE FEATURED

COVER

ON MANY ADDITIONAL MAGAZINES INCLUDING JET MAGAZINE.

THE GROUP RECORDED AN ALBUM PROJECT WITH PRODUCER TONY CAMILLO TITLED

"FANTASY" A 20 SONG DOUBLE C.D. ALBUM. THE ONLY SONG THAT WERE RELEASED

FROM

THE ALBUM WERE THE SONG THAT FLORENCE LARUE HAD RECORDED TITLED

"SURRENDER"

. THE REST OF THE MATERIAL IF IT HAD BEEN RELEASED AT THE TIME WOULD

HAVE

PUT THE GROUP BACK INTO RECORDING PROMINENCE BUT FOR SOME REASON THE

SONGS

RECORDED BY MICHAEL & JOYCE WERE NEVER RELEASED AS SINGLES AND THE

ALBUM WAS

SHELVED BECAUSE OF THE POOR SHOWING FROM THE INITIAL SINGLE. THE ALBUM

IS

RELEASED AFTER 20 YEARS OF SITTING ON THE SHELVES OF BUDDAH RECORDS..

YOU

CAN FIND IT ON MSN MUSIC. UNDER FIFTH DIMENSION " FANTASY.

       MICHAEL PROCTER LEFT THE GROUP IN 1989 AND STARTED HIS OWN SOLO

CAREER .. WRITING AND PRODUCING AND TOURING THE WORLD WITH HIS OWN

SHOW.

MICHAEL WROTE AND PRODUCED MANY RECORDS FROM 1995 THOUGH TODAY. SOME OF

THE

MAJOR HITS THAT HE HAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THE U.S. ARE LOVE DON'T

LIVE,

DELIVER ME, FALL DOWN, CHANGE, PARADISE TO NAME A FEW. MICHAEL TOURS

EUROPE

EXTENSIVELY AND STILL RECORDS AND WRITES MUSIC FOR HIMSELF AND OTHER

ARTISTS

ALONG WITH RUNNING HIS PUBLISHING COMPANY " MYCHAN PUBLSIHING" MICHAEL

ALSO

CO WROTE THE NO. 1 SINGLE ON THE BILLBOARD DANCE CHARTS FOR ARTIST MONE

WITH

STRICKLY RHYTHM RECORDS NAMED MOVIN.

JOYCE WRIGHT LEFT THE GROUP AND MARRIED PRO BASKETBALL STAR RICKY

PIERCE AND

BEGAN HER FAMILY LIFE HAVING AND RAISING 3 CHILDREN, SHE STAYED HOME

AND

HOME SCHOOLED ALL OF HER CHILDREN. SHE IS NOW IN THE MIST OF RELEASING

HER

FIRST SOLO ALBUM WHICH IS A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM.

SO LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

12/23/05

Source: "EUGENE PROCTER" <mychan33@hotmail.com>

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