Lamonte McLemore
Lamonte McLemore | |
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McLemore (top) with The 5th Dimension, 1971 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Lamonte McLemore |
Born | (1939-09-17) September 17, 1939 (age 84) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Genres | Pop music |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
Website | www |
Lamonte McLemore (born September 17, 1939) is an American vocalist, composer, and photographer. He was a founding member of The 5th Dimension, a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Personal life
McLemore married Lisa Harvey and had a daughter named Ciara. In 2014, he wrote and published his autobiography with Robert-Allan Arno, From the Hobo Flats to The 5th Dimension - A Life Fulfilled in Baseball, Photography, and Music.[1][2]
Biography
McLemore was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
He is a professional photographer for Playboy, Ebony, Jet, People, and Harper's Bazaar magazines.[3]
Baseball
McLemore was the first African American athlete to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals. After he moved to Los Angeles, he was a minor league strong-arm pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a short time.[4]
Photography
After he graduated from high school, McLemore enlisted in the United States Navy, and worked as an aerial photographer. He co-founded Halmont Graphics with Cliff Hall, and worked there as a photographer beginning in 1958.[5] McLemore was the first African American photographer hired by Harper's Bazaar magazine and was the photographer for Stevie Wonder's first album cover. McLemore has been a photographer for Jet and Ebony magazines for over forty years. It was because of his photo shoot at the Miss Black Beauty Pageant in the mid-1960s that he met Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue which ultimately led to The 5th Dimension being created.[4]
Songwriting
He co-wrote two songs recorded by The 5th Dimension, A Love Like Ours (with Bob Alcivar)[6] and The Singer (with Elliot Willensky).[7]
References
- ^ McLemore, Lamonte; Arno, Robert-Allan (2014). "From the Hobo Flats to The 5th Dimension". Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Interview with Lamonte McLemore". YouTube.com. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Lamonte McLemore Photography Website". Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Lamonte McLemore". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Nelson, Laura J. (5 January 2020). "Cliff Hall, an inventor who photographed Los Angeles high society, dies at 94". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Lamonte McLemore, Bob Alcivar - A Love Like Ours". 45cat.com.
- ^ "Elliot Willensky, Lamonte McLemore - The Singer". 45cat.com.
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- Marilyn McCoo
- Billy Davis Jr.
- Florence LaRue
- Lamonte McLemore
- Ronald Townson
- Up, Up and Away
- The Magic Garden
- Stoned Soul Picnic
- The Age of Aquarius
- Portrait
- Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
- Reflections
- Individually & Collectively
- Living Together, Growing Together
- Soul & Inspiration
- Earthbound
- "Go Where You Wanna Go"
- "Up, Up and Away"
- "Stoned Soul Picnic"
- "Sweet Blindness"
- "California Soul"
- "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
- "Workin' On a Groovy Thing"
- "Wedding Bell Blues"
- "Blowing Away"
- "A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"
- "The Girls' Song"
- "Puppet Man"
- "Save the Country"
- "On the Beach (In the Summertime)"
- "One Less Bell to Answer"
- "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"
- "Light Sings"
- "Never My Love (Live)"
- "Together Let's Find Love"
- "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"
- "If I Could Reach You"
- "Living Together, Growing Together"
- "Everything's Been Changed"
- "Ashes to Ashes"
- "No Love in the Room"
- "Love Hangover"
- The Friends of Distinction
- Marc Gordon
- Solid Gold