| Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis,
Jr. have enjoyed tremendous success through the years as recording
artists, performers and authors. They have received 7 Grammy Awards
and earned 15 gold and 3 platinum records, and enjoyed starring
roles on television and stage. They have performed to sold-out concerts
around the world. They are currently celebrating 40 years in the
entertainment business with a musical tribute to the hits and productions
that have made up their multi-faceted careers.
The husband and wife team celebrate 38 years of marriage in 2007.
In 2004 the couple wrote a book, which shares their secrets of staying
happy and committed to each other in Hollywood. It’s entitled
Up, Up and Away…How We Found Love, Faith and Lasting Marriage
in the Entertainment World. It was written in collaboration with
Mike Yorkey and was released by Northfield Publishing Company. In
it, they talk about how they met, their successful musical careers,
and their major struggles behind closed doors, offering practical
marriage advice and spiritual encouragement along the way.
As lead vocalists of one of the top singing groups of the late
60’s and early 70’s, The 5th Dimension, they recorded
such classics as “Up, Up & Away,” “Aquarius/Let
The Sunshine In,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “One
Less Bell To Answer” and “Stoned Soul Picnic”
to name a few.
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