5th Dimension - Marilyn McCoo - Somebody Warm Like Me 

you sound like you're in love...i get it

R&B? She’s not, nor has she ever been, R&B. She has a very ‘white’ vocal style. Terrific singer.

She was very popular with the group and with her husband

make that her 2nd biggest . 8 )~

Correct: she has a very ‘white’ vocal style, actually... and that’s a great thing. It’s sort of the opposite of ‘blue eyed soul’ (white people singing in a black style)...

@@vampyros1 Oh no, when I said pop, I didn't mean white. NOT FOR ONE SECOND. - I only meant pop. In other words, to my ear, she sounds like a black pop singer. There is nothing "white" about her timbre.

@@TruthSerum101 I couldn’t disagree more; everything about Marilyn’s vocals has always sounded extremely white. I’ve never heard anything black in her delivery, timbre, or improvisation. Excellent singer!

Marilyn is a pop singer you goof.

@@edwardsnotebook she's still good and she can sing r and b if she wants

It really is . I thought Marilyn's should have been released . I think either one would have been a hit .. With Clive Davis in charge, isn't much of a surprise that neither one was released ..

Butch--I like both versions but prefer the arrangement on Billy's version. Just personal preference. Clive Davis did not get along with the group at all. Most people don't know that when the 5th was recording this album, Davis demanded that they sing the Eagles' song Best of My Love as a single--which nobody else thought was a good idea, mostly because the Eagles had already had a hit with the song two years earlier. Bones Howe quit the project abruptly and was replaced by Florez. Then the group itself produced some of the tracks. The whole project became a mess and resulted in a lot of inner group tensions. By the next year, on Earthbound (my personal favorite 5th album), those tensions reached their peak and Billy and Marilyn were gone soon after. What a shame.

Noodle, as U know from John Florez's vid, that if not for clive davis, the 5th would have had probably at least one more #1 hit (no love in the room) & probably would have had at least 1 future album produced by John Florez .. I think Marilyn & Billy would have still bolted the group eventually, but probably leaving a 5th better able to survive w/out them .. I always knew that clive seemed a very shady person but til Joh's video, had no real proof .. Hopefully KARMA will eventually catch up to him ..

Maybe. Ten years is a long time for any group to stay together. Nothing lasts forever, as they say. I have friends in the music business who have dealt first hand with Davis (as in Clive, not Billy) and they all say the same thing. If you are not his "pet student" then he is not interested. He tended to take green singers like Whitney Houston, whom he could mold and tell what to do, and made them stars. Seems like the older stars who had been around the block a few times clashed with him because they would push back on him. Maybe the whole cycle is inevitable. I don't know.

Yeah basically if U didn't kiss his ass & disagreed with him, then there would be issues .. Phyllis Hyman had issues with him & I think she had one of the most amazing voices ever (she is in my top 5 along with Marilyn) .. As great a voice as Whitney had, she also got best songs to sing .. John Florez even said that he would call & tell Marilyn how to sing different parts of a song .. All water under the bridge ..

oops my bad, i just re read description n saw where this is a bonus track on the cd that i actually have but havent ever listened to it and when i looked at the insert i just saw the original lp tracks and never noticed the bonus tracks lol sweet! i have this song yeah!

She is now 72 & still singing & touring with her husband Billy Davis Jr .. I saw them last December at the Colors of Xmas concert at Davies Symphony Hall in SF .. She still has her 4 octave range & she closed the concert out singing "Last night I didn't get to sleep at all", "One Less Bell" & an amazing version of Holy Night .. the whole place erupted when she was done