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 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 HEART 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 ROCHESTER ,N.Y.AND NEW ORLEANS, LA.  MANY OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA. THE GROUP WAS INVITED FOR A COMMAND PERFORMANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNTITED STATES 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 GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCER WITH SUCH NOTED ARTISTS AS GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA . 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.. THE PRESS APPLAUDED THE FIFTH DIMENSION AFTER THEY PERFORMED THEIR NEW SINGLE "SNAP DANCE" LEAD BY MICHAEL PROCTER ON THE DISNEY SUMMER SPECIAL STATING THAT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE RESURGENCE OF THE GROUP BACK TO RECORDING PROMINENCE BUT FOR SOME REASON THAT SONG NEVER GOT RELEASED EITHER. YOU CAN FIND THE ALBUM  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 PUBLISHING" MICHAEL ALSO CO WROTE THE NO. 1 SINGLE ON THE BILLBOARD DANCE CHARTS FOR ARTIST MONE WITH STRICTLY RHYTHM RECORDS NAMED MOVIN. JOYCE WRIGHT PIERCE 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.