![]() The husband-and-wife team have been touring together as a duo longer (like more than 35 years longer) than they were members of the Fifth Dimension, but that won’t stop them from singing the great Fifth Dimension repertoire. Stoned Soul: The heart and soul of the Fifth Dimension was Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis. Marilyn Maye in “Her Way: A Tribute to Sinatra,” 8 p.m., Annenberg Theater, 101 Museum Way, Palm Springs. They’re the best of the best and frankly, I’d make the decision on what to go see based on the venue you like most. Bennett you should already know - if for no other reason than his recent duets with Lady Gaga. You can read about Maye elsewhere in this section. Free admission with limited seating on a first-come basis. Grand Funk Railroad, presented by the Spa Resort Casino as part of its Concerts Under the Palms series, 7:30 p.m., outdoors at the corner of Indian Canyon Drive and East Andreas Road, Palm Springs. Expect a small version of arena rock in an outdoor concert kicking off a nostalgic music series on Native American land. The man who wrote and sang that song, Don Brewer is still leading Grand Funk Railroad from his drum set with fellow original member Mel Schacher on bass. They never ascended to the level of Cream and Led Zeppelin, but, when they recorded “We’re An American Band” for producer Todd Rundgren, we knew what they meant. Grand Funk, founded in 1969, took the Cream-Led Zeppelin influence of shredding guitars and flailing drums and brought an American sensibility. Quintessentially American: Before Grand Fund Railroad, American bands sounded like the Beach Boys, Chicago and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The music of Joe Giarrusso, featuring pianist Giorgi Latso and cellist John Walz, 7 p.m., Marquee Academy of Performing Arts, 441 S. If you want to hear adventurous, yet accessible new classical music, give this recital a try. ![]() Latso and the eminent cellist, John Walz, also will perform Giarruso’s beautiful American Immigrant Suite, Opus 24, in a benefit for the fledgling Marquee Academy of Performing Arts, which provides music instruction in downtown Palm Springs. Giarruso will be introducing his new work, “Strega Nona,” based on a children’s book, performed by pianist Giorgi Latso and narrated by Broadway actor Sal Mistretta. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. But they’re still singing those famous vocal arrangements. The only surviving member of The Temptations is baritone Otis Williams, who is 74. The only surviving member of the Four Tops is tenor Abdul “Duke” Fakir, who is 80. Of course, these groups are mostly tribute acts today. Sure, Smokey Robinson wrote many of their hits, but The Temptations put their indelible harmonic stamp on songs like “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Cloud Nine” and “I Can’t Get Next To You.” The Four Tops put their indelible harmonic stamp on songs like “I Can’t Help Myself,” “It’s the Same Old Song,” “Bernadette” and “Reach Out and I’ll Be There.” Without them, Berry Gordy probably wouldn’t have a home in the Bighorn Golf Club. Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch: If you love Motown, you pretty much have to see the Temptations and the Four Tops at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.
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