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"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 [3] and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. It became a platinum record.
Laura Nyro (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; [1] 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.
The following year, the group scored major hit singles with Laura Nyro's songs "Stoned Soul Picnic" (U.S. No. 3) and "Sweet Blindness" (U.S. No. 13). [5] The group received a gold record for their album Stoned Soul Picnic. That album included "California Soul", which peaked at No. 25 in February 1969. [5]
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 out during its release in 1968. As a result, mono copies were pressed in a limited quantity and are considered rare in the collectors market.
Stoned Soul Picnic may refer to: Stoned Soul Picnic (The 5th Dimension album), a 1968 album by the 5th Dimension "Stoned Soul Picnic" (song), a 1968 song from the album; Stoned Soul Picnic (Roy Ayers album), a 1968 album by jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers; Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro, a 1997 album by Laura Nyro
Thomas Joseph Tedesco (July 3, 1930 – November 10, 1997) was an American guitarist and studio musician in Los Angeles and Hollywood. [1] He was part of the loose collective of the area's leading session musicians later popularly known as The Wrecking Crew, who played on thousands of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including several hundred Top 40 hits.
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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. The group's recording of "Wedding Bell Blues" topped the US Hot 100 in November 1969. Davis sang ...