Number 5 (album)
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Number 5 is the fifth album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by American
United States
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 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band The Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...

, released in 1970.

Track listing

  1. "Good Morning" (Bobby Winkelman
    Bobby Winkelman
    Bobby Winkelman is an American rhythm and bass guitarist who was a member of the 1960s psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch. He was later a member of the Steve Miller Band, playing on their 1970 album Number 5....

    ) – 2:48
  2. "I Love You" (Steve Miller
    Steve Miller (musician)
    Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...

    ) – 2:45
  3. "Going to the Country" (Miller, Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band.-Biography:...

    ) – 3:47
  4. "Hot Chili" (Tim Davis
    Tim Davis (musician)
    Tim Davis was a drummer, singer and songwriter, most notable as a co-founder of The Steve Miller Band.- History :...

    ) – 3:30
  5. "Tokin's" (Davis) – 4:23
  6. "Going to Mexico" (Miller, Boz Scaggs
    Boz Scaggs
    William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...

    ) – 2:29
  7. "Steve Miller's Midnight Tango" (Sidran) – 2:40
  8. "Industrial Military Complex Hex" (Miller) – 3:54
  9. "Jackson-Kent Blues" (Miller) – 7:18
  10. "Never Kill Another Man" (Miller) – 2:42

Personnel

  • Steve Miller
    Steve Miller (musician)
    Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...

     – guitar
    Guitar
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Bobby Winkelman
    Bobby Winkelman
    Bobby Winkelman is an American rhythm and bass guitarist who was a member of the 1960s psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch. He was later a member of the Steve Miller Band, playing on their 1970 album Number 5....

     – bass guitar, vocals
  • Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band.-Biography:...

     – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Nicky Hopkins
    Nicky Hopkins
    Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....

     – keyboards
  • Tim Davis
    Tim Davis (musician)
    Tim Davis was a drummer, singer and songwriter, most notable as a co-founder of The Steve Miller Band.- History :...

     – drums
    Drum kit
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    , vocals
  • Charlie McCoy
    Charlie McCoy
    Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...

     – harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

  • Lee Michaels
    Lee Michaels
    Lee Michaels plays the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar , and is best known for his 1971 Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean."-Career:...

     - organ on "Going To Mexico"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1970 The Billboard 200 23
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