5th (Lee Michaels album)

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5th
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Studio album by Lee Michaels
Released 1971
Genre Rock
Length27:31
Label A&M
Producer Lee Michaels
Lee Michaels chronology
Barrel
(1970)
5th
(1971)
Space and First Takes
(1972)
Singles from 5th
  1. "Do You Know What I Mean"/"Keep the Circle Turning"
    Released: May 1971
  2. "Can I Get a Witness"/"You Are What You Do"
    Released: October 1971
  3. "Rock Me Baby"/"Heighty Hi"
    Released: June 1973
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5th is the fifth album by Lee Michaels and was released in 1971. It reached #16 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. [2]

Lee Michaels American musician

Lee Eugene Michaels is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his energetic virtuosity on the Hammond organ, peaking in 1971 with his Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean".

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

Contents

The album featured three singles: "Do You Know What I Mean", which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] "Can I Get a Witness", which reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100, [4] and "Rock Me Baby" which did not chart. The album's title is a reference to "Can I Get a Witness"; the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with the rights of witnesses to refuse to give testimony that will incriminate themselves.

Do You Know What I Mean 1971 single by Lee Michaels

"Do You Know What I Mean" is a song written and performed by Lee Michaels. It reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Cash Box Top 100 in the summer of 1971. The song was featured on his 1971 album, 5th.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

Can I Get a Witness 1963 single by Marvin Gaye

"Can I Get a Witness" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier as a non-album single for American recording vocalist Marvin Gaye, who issued the record on Motown's Tamla imprint in September 1963.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Michaels except where noted.

  1. "Keep the Circle Turning" (featuring Merry Clayton) (Joel Christie) – 2:41
  2. "You Are What You Do" - 2:58
  3. "Willie & the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis) - 3:02
  4. "Didn't Have to Happen" - 2:32
  5. "Rock Me Baby" (Riley King/Joe Josea) - 2:28
  6. "Do You Know What I Mean" - 3:11
  7. "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey/Clarence Lewis/Morgan Robinson/Morris Levy) - 2:19
  8. "Can I Get a Witness" (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland) – 3:02
  9. "Oak Fire" – 2:53
  10. "I Don't Want Her" – 2:25

Personnel

Musicians

Organ (music) musical keyboard instrument

In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria, who invented the water organ. It was played throughout the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman world, particularly during races and games. During the early medieval period it spread from the Byzantine Empire, where it continued to be used in secular (non-religious) and imperial court music, to Western Europe, where it gradually assumed a prominent place in the liturgy of the Catholic Church. Subsequently it re-emerged as a secular and recital instrument in the Classical music tradition.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

John Joseph Kelson Jr., better known by his stage name Jackie Kelso, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist.

Technical

Henry Lewy, born Heinz Lewy, was a German-born American sound engineer and record producer, who was best known for his work on many critically acclaimed and successful rock and folk albums of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly those by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Jim McCrary was an American photographer known for his 1970s album covers, most notably Carole King's Tapestry, The Carpenters' Ticket to Ride, and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

Photography Art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation

Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing, and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Pop16
Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1971"Do You Know What I Mean"US Pop6
"Can I Get a Witness"39

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