Billy Davis Jr.
Biography
Billy Davis Jr. (born June 26, 1938) is an American singer and musician, best known as a member of the 5th Dimension. Along with his wife Marilyn McCoo, he had hit records during the 1960's and 1970's with "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In", "I Hope We Get to Love in Time", "Your Love", and "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)". Davis and McCoo were married in 1969. They became the first African-American married couple to host a network television series, titled The Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show, on CBS in the summer of 1977, the year "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" won a Grammy Award.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Age Of Aquarius
1969
Greatest Hits On Earth
1972
Greatest Hits
1970
Portrait
1970
Stoned Soul Picnic
1968
The Magic Garden
1967
Living Together, Growing Together
1973
Up, Up And Away
1967
Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes
1971
Soul & Inspiration
1974
Live!!
1971
Solid Gold
1983
Earthbound
1975
Individually & Collectively
1972
The Fantastic 5th Dimension
1968
El Mirage
1977
Credited work
524 releases · 39 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 839
- Other credits · 408
- Production · 165
- Mastering · 25
- Engineering · 22
Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Sound Recorders, Hollywood · Western Recorders · United Recording Studios, Las Vegas
Frequent collaborators
- The 5th Dimension
- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
- Marilyn McCoo
- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
- Cecil Shaw
- Roy Gaines
- George Howard
- Marilyn & Billy