| Other author/creator | Davis, Billy, Jr., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Billy Davis, Jr. |
| Portion of title |
Billy Davis, Jr. |
| Abstract |
Singer Billy Davis, Jr. was born on June 26, 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1965, he and Lamonte McLemore formed a singing group called The Versatiles with Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue, and Ron Townson. The group changed their name to The 5th Dimension, and, from 1966 to 1975, recorded a number of hit songs including the Grammy Award-winning "Up, Up, and Away" and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In." Davis and McCoo married and left The 5th Dimension in 1975. Together, they released the Grammy-winning single, "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)," in 1976, and hosted The Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show on CBS-TV in 1977. Davis later recorded a gospel album. He also founded the Soldiers For the Second Coming Music Ministry and co-authored, with McCoo, Up, Up and Away...How We Found Love, Faith and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2014 July 29. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2014.179 HistoryMakers |
