Up, Up, and Away: How We Found Love, Faith, and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World [Hardcover]

Marilyn McCoo (Author), Billy Davis Jr. (Author), Mike Yorkey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

Our Marriage, Music, and MemoriesThis is the dawning of the age of Aquarius...or so the song went. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., are best known for their days as stars on the pop-group 5th Dimension. The Age of Aquarius, Wedding Bell Blues, and Up, Up, and Away propelled them to the top of the charts. For those who don't believe that Hollywood marriages can last, meet Marilyn and Billy. Amidst the Hollywood glamor and lifestyle, they fell in love and got married, but their marriage was far from bliss. Polar opposite backgrounds and clashing personalities made the journey difficult for a couple whose career success had come so easily. This book goes behind the closed doors of pain and emptiness to the dawning of the truth in their lives. Practical and personal, Two Lives, One Heart will encourage even the most jaded reader.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Northfield Publishing (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881273172
• ISBN-13: 978-1881273172
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,477,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars for 5th Dimension members Marilyn & Billy, October 16, 2004

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Brian Medoro (ROCHESTER, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Up, Up, and Away: How We Found Love, Faith, and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World (Hardcover)

This book is fantastic. I couldn't put it down. I read it in record time because I just kept on reading.

There is so much in here for fans and for anyone interested in life! Not only is it a chronicle of 2 Superstars lives and career, but it is woven with regular life experience filled with tumultuous and wondrous events. It has music, love, mood and humor. It's political, timely, mystical, spiritual and fascinating. Marilyn and Billy bring you from their youth, through the height of their career in the psychedelic 60's, to Solid Gold and up until today. If you were around for any part of this you will remember with great reflection the memories, and will be surprised at how they handled the ups and downs while feeling their aura after you've read this book. I gaurantee after you're finished you will have experienced a wide range of thoughts and emotion. What more can you ask for in a great book Additionally, this book includes a surprise gift in the back with a 2 cut cd. Fans and new comers will definitely appreciate this.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and uplifting read !, October 12, 2004

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Randall Lee Fetcho (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Up, Up, and Away: How We Found Love, Faith, and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World (Hardcover)

I have been a fan of the 5th Dimension for many years. I saw this book was available and was excited to learn more about my two favorite singers from that group. WHAT A READ! There was so much that I didn't know about them and now I had information about their personal struggles, innner thoughts about the times with the group, and how they kept it all together and made their love work. It was inspirational for my own life and actually, I shed a few tears at the end I was so happy. It's a real love story! I would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a happy, long lasting marriage.

Louisville, KY

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Don't Have To Be A Star . . ., November 29, 2004

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Andrew Gard (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Up, Up, and Away: How We Found Love, Faith, and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World (Hardcover)

and you don't have to be married to appreciate and enjoy this terrific book! The McCoo & Davis story works on a multitude of levels--as a musical history, a marriage manual from a duo who's put in the work to make it work, and the spiritual journey of two (talented and famous) intelligent, insightful individuals.

From a historical and cultural standpoint, the reader will be reminded just how HUGE the 5th Dimension were, and even the most devoted fan of the group, as I humbly consider myself, will learn new facts about them. (I knew they played the White House, but the Fillmore??) Since the book is written in Marilyn and Billy's own "voices," reading it gives the feeling of hanging out in their dressing room after a performance, listening to them reminisce and answer all of your questions (and ones you didn't know you had).

Marilyn and Billy's honesty and integrity must also be praised. They don't tell tales on anyone except themselves in these pages, and they write about their foibles and misadventures with candor and a notable lack of self-dramatization.

Lastly, the book contains a CD, demonstrating the wonderful voices that made this pair renowned. I confess I would've written this sooner, but I procrastinated on finishing the book because I didn't want it to end!