The 5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension
	The 5th Dimension nel 1969
Paese d'origine	Stati Uniti
Genere	Pop; Rhythm and blues; Soul; Jazz; Sunshine pop
Periodo di attività musicale	1966 – in attività
Etichetta	Soul City, Imperial Records, Arista Records, Motown
Album pubblicati	19
Studio	13
Live	2
Raccolte	4 6 volte vincitori ai Grammy awards
	Sito ufficiale

I The 5th Dimension, anche riportato con la grafia The Fifth Dimension, sono un gruppo musicale statunitense di musica pop, R&B, soul e jazz.

Storia

The 5th Dimension hanno avuto una certa notorietà tra la fine degli anni sessanta e l'inizio degli anni settanta, grazie soprattutto alle canzoni Up, Up and Away e Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In^[1] che arriva in prima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100 per sei settimane e Wedding Bell Blues - uno dei tre grandi hit del gruppo scritti da Laura Nyro (gli altri furono Stoned Soul Picnic e Sweet Blindness) - per tre settimane, contenute nell'album The Age of Aquarius.

La formazione originale includeva Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore e Ron Townson.

Discografia

Album

Up, Up and Away (1967) - US #8
The Magic Garden (1967) - US #105
Stoned Soul Picnic (1968) - US #21
The Age of Aquarius (1969) - US #2
Portrait (1970) - US #20
The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits (1970) - US #5
The July 5th Album (1970) - US #63
Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (1971) - US #17
Reflections (1971) - US #112
The 5th Dimension/Live!! (1971) - US #32
Individually & Collectively (1972) - US #58
Greatest Hits On Earth (1972) - US #14
Living Together, Growing Together (1973) - US #108
Soul & Inspiration (1974) - US #202
Earthbound (1975) - US #136
Star Dancing (1978)
High On Sunshine (1978)
The Very Best Of 5th Dimension (1982)
In the House (1995)
Live! Plus Rare Studio Recordings (2001) - Il titolo originale era Home Cookin^{[non chiaro]} (1976)
Fantasy (2004) - Il titolo originale era The 5th Dimension Now^{[non chiaro]} (1984)

Singoli

Le classifiche statunitensi sono prese da Billboard. Le classifiche canadesi sono prese dal settimanale di inchieste CHUM di Toronto.

Anno	Canzone	US	US AC^[2]	US R&B	CAN	UK^[3]	Lato B	Album
1966	"Go Where You Wanna Go"	16	-	-	9	-	"Too Poor to Die"	Up, Up and Away
1967	"Another Day, Another Heartache"	45	-	-	-	-	"Rosecrans Blvd."
	"Up, Up and Away"	7	9	-	18	-	"Which Way to Nowhere"
	"Paper Cup"	34	-	-	17	-	"Poor Side of Town"	The Magic Garden
1968	"Carpet Man"	29	-	-	3	-	"The Magic Garden"	The Magic Garden
	"Stoned Soul Picnic"	3	-	2	5	-	"The Sailboat Song"	Stoned Soul Picnic
	"Sweet Blindness"	13	-	45	15	-	"Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)"
	"California Soul"	25	-	49	-	-	"It'll Never Be the Same Again"
1969	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"	1	1	6	1	11	"Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya?"	The Age of Aquarius
	"Workin' On a Groovy Thing"	20	9	15	17	-	"Broken Wing Bird"
	"Wedding Bell Blues"	1	1	23	3	16	"Lovin' Stew"
	"Blowing Away"	21	7	-	24	-	"Skinny Man"
1970	"A Change is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"	60	-	-	-	-	"The Declaration"	Portrait
	"The Declaration"	64	35	-	-	-	B-side of above	Portrait
	"The Girls' Song"	43	6	-	-	-	"It'll Never Be the Same Again"	The Magic Garden
	"Puppet Man"	24	31	-	-	-	"A Love Like Ours"	Portrait
	"Save the Country"	27	10	-	24	-	"Dimension 5"	Portrait
	"On the Beach (In the Summertime)"	54	12	-	-	-	"This Is Your Life"
	"One Less Bell to Answer"	2	1	4	3	-	"Feelin' Alright?"	Portrait
1971	"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"	19	6	-	28	-	"The Singer"	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
	"Light Sings"	44	12	-	-	-	"Viva! (Viva Tirado)"	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
	"Never My Love" (live)	12	1	45	21	-	"A Love Like Ours"	Live!!
	"Together Let's Find Love" (live)	37	8	22	-	-	"I Just Wanta Be Your Friend"	Live!!
1972	"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"	8	2	28	5	-	"The River Witch"	Individually & Collectively
1972	"If I Could Reach You"	10	1	-	13	-	"Tomorrow Belongs to the Children"	Individually & Collectively
1973	"Living Together, Growing Together"	32	5	-	-	-	"What Do I Need to Be Me"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Everything's Been Changed"	70	18	-	-	-	"There Never Was a Day"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Ashes to Ashes"	52	7	54	-	-	"The Singer"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Flashback"	82	30	75	-	-	"Diggin' for a Livin'"
1975	"No Love In the Room"	105	11	-	-	-	"I Don't Know How to Look for Love"	Soul & Inspiration
1976	"Love Hangover"	80	-	39	-	-	"Will You Be There"

Videografia

2003: The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show con Dionne Warwick, Merle Haggard, e The Carpenters^[4]

Note

^ Nick Logan e Bob Woffinden, 1977, p 81.
^ Adult Contemporary
^ David Roberts, British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London, Guinness World Records Limited, 2006, p. 199, ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Informazioni sul DVD

Bibliografia

Nick Logan e Bob Woffinden, Enciclopedia del rock, Milano, Fratelli Fabbri Editore, 1977.

Voci correlate

Celebrità della Hollywood Walk of Fame

Altri progetti

Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su The 5th Dimension

Collegamenti esterni

Sito ufficiale, su thefifthdimension.org.
FifthDimensionVEVO (canale), su YouTube.
(EN) the Fifth Dimension, su Enciclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
(EN) The 5th Dimension, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
(EN) The Fifth Dimension, su Discogs, Zink Media.
(EN) The 5th Dimension (1960’s group), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN) The 5th Dimension, su WhoSampled.
(EN) The 5th Dimension / The 5th Dimension (altra versione), su Genius.com.
(EN) The 5th Dimension, su Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 157245692 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 2369 9596 · J9U (EN, HE) 987012592975105171 · WorldCat Identities (EN) lccn-no91018066

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[LoganWoffinden-1] Nick Logan e Bob Woffinden, 1977, p 81.

[2] Adult Contemporary

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] David Roberts, British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London, Guinness World Records Limited, 2006, p. 199, ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[4] Informazioni sul DVD

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