Editing The 5th Dimension (section)

=== Contribution of the composers ===
The 5th Dimension recorded songs by a wide variety of artists, many of whom were well known in the music industry of the era: [[Harry Nilsson]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[Paul Anka]], [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]], [[Neil Sedaka]], [[Paul Williams (composer)]] and [[Roger Nichols (songwriter)|Roger Nichols]], as well as [[John Lennon|Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]], and [[George Harrison]] of [[The Beatles]]. They recorded a small number of  [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]]-penned songs, most notably "One Less Bell to Answer" and "Living Together, Growing Together" (the CD rarity track, "As Long as There's an Apple Tree" was never released on album). LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension contributed lyrics and melody on two recordings, "A Love Like Ours" and "The Singer".

The vocal group also recorded multiple songs by lesser known artists such as Motown's [[Willie Hutch]] (Hutchison), an American singer, songwriter and producer who supplied them with some of the more funky, soulful songs in their repertoire. Jeffrey Comanor, an American singer-songwriter and actor, provided the group with at least seven of their more memorable album tracks and single B sides. They also recorded a couple of songs by the celebrated British composer [[Tony Macaulay]], one of which, "[[(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All]]," was a major hit.

Some of the songwriters who worked with The 5th Dimension went on to establish successful performance careers of their own, notably [[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,<ref name=":0" /> particularly with "[[Stoned Soul Picnic (song)|Stoned Soul Picnic]]", "[[Sweet Blindness]]", "[[Wedding Bell Blues]]", "[[Blowing Away|Blowin' Away]]" and "[[Save the Country]]". The same was true for [[Jimmy Webb]], an American singer-songwriter and arranger who won far more accolades supplying songs to artists like [[Johnny Rivers]], [[Glen Campbell]], [[Judy Collins]], [[Art Garfunkel]], [[Nina Simone]], [[Thelma Houston]], and even [[Frank Sinatra]] and the actor [[Richard Harris]], than he did for his own solo releases.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Webb |first1=Jimmy |url=https://www.jimmywebb.com/memoir |title=The Cake and the Rain |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-1-250-05841-6 |publication-date=2017 |page=308 |chapter=Artists Who Have Performed or Recorded Jimmy Webb Songs |access-date=}}</ref> He would become the group's most prolific contributor. Webb wrote the first significant hit for both The 5th Dimension and himself: 1967's "[[Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away]]". The group's 1967 [[LP record|LP]], ''[[The Magic Garden]]'', features an 11 track song-cycle composed by Webb.<ref name="KenShane">{{cite web |author1=Ken Shane |date=2010-02-13 |title=Cratedigger: The 5th Dimension, 'The Magic Garden' |url=https://popdose.com/cratedigger-the-5th-dimension-the-magic-garden/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Pop Dose}}</ref><ref name="SeanGaillard">{{cite web |author1=Sean Gaillard |date=2021-11-28 |title=The Concept Album: 'The Magic Garden' |url=https://www.culturesonar.com/the-concept-album-the-magic-garden/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=CultureSonar}}</ref>  In all, the original lineup of The 5th Dimension recorded 24 different Jimmy Webb compositions by the end of 1975, most with his instrumental arrangements.