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Stoned Soul Picnic (song) " Stoned Soul Picnic " is a 1968 song by Laura Nyro. The best-known version of the song was recorded by the 5th Dimension, and was the first single released from their album of the same title. It was the most successful single from that album, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. Pop chart [1] and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart.
Some of the songwriters who worked with the 5th Dimension went on to careers of their own, especially Ashford & Simpson, who wrote the song "California Soul". The group is also notable for having more success with the songs of Laura Nyro than Nyro did herself, [4] particularly with "Stoned Soul Picnic", " Sweet Blindness ", "Wedding Bell Blues ...
The song won four 1968 Grammy Awards and was the title track to the 5th Dimension's first hit LP. A year later, the group recorded the song "Stoned Soul Picnic". A medley of "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (from the musical Hair) reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in April to May 1969 and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
Laura Nyro (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer.She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and the 5th Dimension recording her songs.
Allmusic. [1] Stoned Soul Picnic is the third album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1968. Early versions of the album had a lyric sheet inserted in the sleeve. Stoned Soul Picnic was the third and final album by the group to be issued in both mono (SCM 91002) and stereo (SCS 92002) as monaural albums were being phased ...
The July 5 Album is the second compilation album by American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1970 by Soul City. It is composed primarily of album tracks from amongst the group's four albums of original material for Soul City Records, many of which were B-sides to charting singles. It also includes the group's first top 20 single, a ...
b/w "Lovin' Stew" (from Stoned Soul Picnic) 1 1 23 20 1 — 1 — 16 US: Platinum "Blowing Away" b/w "Skinny Man" 21 7 — 55 10 — 18 — — "The Declaration" b/w "Medley: A Change Is Gonna Come/People Gotta Be Free" 1970 60 35 — — 67 — — — — Portrait "The Girls' Song" b/w "It'll Never Be the Same Again" (from Stoned Soul Picnic ...
link. Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro is the second retrospective album by American musician Laura Nyro and the most comprehensive overview of her work to date. It was the last album Nyro released during her lifetime, and she died from ovarian cancer less than two months after its release. The two-disc set combines highlights from ...