JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS DAY-BY-DAY STORY

This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Louis Cennamo, Michael Webb, Peter Mariosa, Gary Leport, Alan Shepherd, Alan Stone, Rod Godwin, Pete Hogman, Roger Trobridge, Nick Darby, David Edwards, and John H Warburg, to whom I'm most grateful.

ca. July 1962

Undoubtedly the most lyrical bass player in British rock and one of the all-time greats, Louis Cennamo (b. Louis David Cennamo, March 5, 1946, Hornsey, North London, UK) left school at sixteen and began his musical career in the swingin' London, when he formed a hot blues band called The Dimensions with lead guitarist Gary 'Sludge' Leport (b. 1945, Hornsey, North London, UK), former member of The Moontrekkers with whom he recorded the instrumental hit single: "Night Of The Vampires" one year before. Louis and Gary both grew up in Hornsey, North London, and had been friends for some time. Next to join was Brian Kattenhorn (b. Brian David Kattenhorn, 1945, Tottenham, North London, UK), but everyone called him 'Chick', on drums, recruited from The Young Ones, an amateur group from Tottenham. The band was completed with Cennamo's friend and former schoolmate Peter Mariosa (b. Giuseppe Mariosa, November 10, 1947, Castel Ruggero, Torre Orsaia, Salerno, Campania, Italy) on rhythm guitar. About the name of the band, Gary Leport remember that was him that came up with the name after he saw a record player advertised as "a new dimension in sound" for sale so he thought it was a good name for the band. This story is confirmed by Louis Cennamo, although Peter Mariosa remember that in fact it was him that came up with the name and it came from an album he bought second hand called 'Chet Atkins In 3 Dimensions'. Their first manager was a bus driver who thought he was a bit of an impresario. They were a bit naive and let him do his stuff.   

THE DIMENSIONS #1 (ca. JUL 1962 - ca. OCT 1962)

1) Louis Cennamo bass

2) Gary 'Sludge' Leport lead guitar

3) Brian 'Chick' Kattenhorn drums

4) Peter Mariosa rhythm guitar

ca. October 1962

Local singer Tommy Bishop joined the band and from now on they were sometimes billed as 'Tommy and The Dimensions' or 'Tommy Bishop and The Dimensions'.

THE DIMENSIONS #2 (OCT 1962 - MAY 2?, 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Gary Leport

3) Brian Kattenhorn

4) Peter Mariosa

5) Tommy Bishop vocals

May 2?, 1963

Peter Mariosa became disillusioned by having to play Beatles covers, silly instrumentals like 'The Carousel Waltz' and 'The Sailor’s Hornpipe' and jumping up on chairs as some sort of stage act. One night at a gig he threw a bit of temper and that was the end of his association with The Dimensions, although they stayed good friends (a few years later Peter played with the not yet famous Phil Collins in The Charge). At that point Gary Leport asked Michael 'Mike' Webb (b. December 18, 1944, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK) to join the band after being introduced by a mutual friend called Howard 'Howie' Condor (drummer of The Barron Knights).

THE DIMENSIONS #3 (MAY 2?, 1963 - ca. JUL 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Gary Leport

3) Brian Kattenhorn

4) Tommy Bishop

5) Michael 'Mike' Webb rhythm guitar

Saturday, June 8 or 15 or 22, 1963: Wing Hall, Wing, Bedfordshire, UK

Mike Webb's first gig with The Dimensions. Mike himself had organized this gig and also booked his old band Kenny and The Senators from Linslade to play there. Mike played with both bands that night and it was a way of saying goodbye to his home town because he went to lived with Gary Leport in London for a time.

June - ca. July 1963: US Air Force bases, Suffolk county, East of England, UK

ca. July 1963

Gary Leport wanted to play jazz and blues rather than the sort of Beatle style music they were playing with Tommy, so they decided to find another singer, the not yet famous Rod Stewart (b. Roderick David Stewart, January 10, 1945, 507 Archway Road, Highgate, North London, UK). Rod joined the band through his friend and ex schoolmate Gary Leport, with whih he had already played together a couple of years earlier in The Raiders. The band started rehearsals in a room at a pub in Hornsey. Rod was very much into blues and played harmonica, so they started to learn songs from Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and also Cyril Davies.  

THE DIMENSIONS #4 (ca. JUL 1963 - ca. AUG 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Gary Leport

3) Brian Kattenhorn

4) Mike Webb

5) Tommy Bishop

6) Rod Stewart vocals, harp

ca. August 1963

Tommy Bishop left the band (he goes on to form first The Nomads and then The Ricochets) because The Dimensions started to play too much blues!.

THE DIMENSIONS #5 (ca. AUG 1963 - SEPT 1?, 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Gary Leport

3) Brian Kattenhorn

4) Mike Webb

5) Rod Stewart



The Dimensions #5, London, summer 1963, left to right: Mike Webb, Gary Leport, Louis Cennamo, Rod Stewart, Brian Kattenhorn



ca. August or September 1963
The gigs dried up and the band joined with 'Malcolm Nixon Agency' and through them they met seventeen years old Jamaican ska singer Millie Small which had arrived in London in July. The agency wanted a backing band for Millie for both stage and records, and they were asked to audition for her. The audition was held at a rehearsal hall in Camden Town, northwest London. Mike Webb remember that she was a very shy little girl and he think her father or mother was with her that day. In the end, though, they did not get the gig because they hated ska music (Mike Webb also remember that maybe they played Millie's classic song "My Boy Lollipop" that day). They did not put much effort in and so Millie found another band. 

September ?, 1963 (approximate date): Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK "All Nighter"
The band, supposedly with this line up or maybe with the next one with singer Jimmy Powell on board, played during an "all nighter" at the Studio 51 where, at some point, a drunk (as usual) Long John Baldry got up on stage and did a couple of number with the band. Mike Webb also remember that maybe it was also the same night that Mike Jagger and Keith Richards came to the club and stood at the foot of the stage and booed them because The Dimensions had quire a rivalry with The Rolling Stones in those days (!!).

September ?, 1963: The Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

The Dimensions #5 - The Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, early September 1963 - from left to right: Gary Leport, Mike Webb, Louis Cennamo, Rod Stewart, Brian Kattenhorn 

September 1?, 1963

Again through 'Malcolm Nixon Agency', the band auditioned for popular singer Jimmy Powell (b. James Powell, ca. 1942, Selly Oak, Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK) who had a lot of work but no band. The band also changed it's name to 'The Five Dimensions' not because the numbers changed, but because it sounded better. Powell began his musical career in Birmingham in the mid 50s first with skiffle group The Beacon Wheelmen’s Skiffle Group and then with r&b group The Jumping Jacks. In 1958 or 1959 Jimmy formed an r&b group called The Detours and then in 1961 he joined the famous rock n' roll group The Rockin' Berries. Finally in early 1962 Jimmy left The Rockin' Berries and began his solo career by releasing his first three singles for 'Decca Records': 'Sugar Babe - Part 1 / Sugar Babe - Part 2' (March 1962; Decca F 11447; reissued on June 1968 as Decca F 12793), 'Tom Hark / Dance Her By Me' (November 1962; Decca F 11544) and 'Remember Then / Everyone But You' (January 1963; Decca F 11570), before he went down to London and hooked up with The Dimensions. Jimmy Powell also appeared as solo performer on the film 'Just For Fun' that year.  

Jimmy Powell

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #1 (SEPT 1?, 1963 - OCT 14, 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Gary Leport

3) Brian Kattenhorn

4) Mike Webb

5) Rod Stewart

6) James 'Jimmy' Powell vocals

September 1?, 1963: unknown venue, Southend, UK

September 1?, 1963: Corn Exchange, Bedford, Bedforshire, UK with Nero and The Gladiators

September 1?, 1963: Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK

September 1?, 1963: Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Merseybeats (two shows....one was at lunch time and the other (with The Merseybeats also on the bill) was in the evening)

Thursday, September 19 - Wednesday, October 2, 1963: Scotland tour.....

The band toured for two weeks all over Scotland in an old 'Dormobile' (all the band + their driver/manager Dave McCarthy (Rod and Gary's friend)). They played at a club called 'Luna Park' in Edinburgh (they were short of money for a hotel so Mike Webb slept on one of the slabs in a morgue!!), then supported The Hollies in Auchinleck, then went right to the far north in Thurso, near John o' Groats, then Eyemouth in the south and finally Banchory in the north.



Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #1, Scotland, September 1963 - left to right: Rod Stewart, Brian Kattenhorn, Jimmy Powell, Gary Leport, Mike Webb



Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #1, Scotland, September 1963 - left to right: Brian Kattenhorn, Rod Stewart, Mike Webb, Jimmy Powell, Louis Cennamo, Gary Leport

Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #1, Scotland, September 1963 - left to right: Jimmy Powell, Louis Cennamo, Brian Kattenhorn, Mike Webb, Gary Leport, Rod Stewart

late September or early October, 1963: unknown venue, Hull, Yorkshire, UK

late September or early October, 1963: unknown venue, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, UK

late September or early October 1963: Esquire Club, Leadmill Road, Sheffield, UK

late September or early October 1963: The 59 Club, East London, UK

October ?, 1963: Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, London, UK

Jimmy Powell recalls that they turned up to play at this famous Rockers' venue and Rod Stewart refused to go on. Powell insisted. They ended up having a stand-up row in the dressing room (!!).

Friday, October 4, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK with The Yardbirds and guest stars "All Nighter"

Monday, October 7, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Wednesday, October 9, 1963: Six Bells Jazz Club, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, UK

Friday, October 11, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Saturday, October 12, 1963: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK "All Nighter"

Monday, October 14, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Supposedly Gary Leport and Mike Webb left the band right after that gig (Gary disappears from the music scene, while Mike form a new band called the Blue Aces in Kent and with them toured for several years at US Bases and local halls in France, Germany, Italy and North Africa) and were replaced by Martin Shaw (b. January 21, 1945, Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK) and Kenny White (b. Kenneth Vandell, 1943, Great Cambridge Road, Edmonton, North London, UK).  

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #2 (OCT 15, 1963 - NOV 2?, 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Rod Stewart

4) Jimmy Powell

5) Martin Shaw lead guitar

6) Kenny White rhythm guitar 

Monday, October 21, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, North London, UK

Sunday, October 27, 1963: Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Del-Ranas, The Notions, The Zenith Six Band

Wednesday, October 30, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

November ?, 1963: Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, London, UK

Monday, November 11, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newpoort Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Monday, November 18, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Friday, November 22, 1963: Refectory club, Golders Green, north-west London, UK
At some point, the club owner, an American guy, stopped the show in tears to announce to the audience the news that US President John F. Kennedy had been killed.

November 2?, 1963: Ricky Tick club, Clewer Road, Windsor, Berkshire, UK

Rod Stewart's last gig with the band. Louis Cennamo remembered Rod apologising to him in the car park after the gig, saying he couldn't work with Jimmy Powell anymore, because the latter would not let him sing!.

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #3 (NOV 2?, 1963 - NOV 29, 1963)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Jimmy Powell

4) Martin Shaw

5) Kenny White

Monday, November 25, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

November 2?, 1963: Railway Hotel, Wealdstone bridge near Harrow, London, UK
Harmonica player Pete Hogman (b. Peter John Hogman, 1944) persuaded Jimmy Powell to let him join them for a couple of numbers that night. Jimmy agreed and it went down quite well. At the end of the gig Jimmy asked Pete if he sang as well as playing harmonica, and then offered him a job with the band on a flat wage of £15 per week. Pete jumped at it as he was earning £7-10 a week working in a greengrocers.

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #4 (NOV 30, 1963 - MAY or JUN 1964)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Jimmy Powell

4) Kenny White

5) Martin Shaw

6) Pete Hogman vocals, harp



London, 1963/64 - Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #4, left to right: Brian Kattenhorn, Pete Hogman, Martin Shaw, Louis Cennamo, Kenny White and Jimmy Powell

London, 1963/64 - Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #4, left to right (top): Louis Cennamo, Pete Hogman and Kenny White, left to right (bottom): Martin Shaw, Jimmy Powell and Brian Kattenhorn

Saturday, November 30, 1963: Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Mark Four

Supposedly Pete Hogman's first official gig with the band.

Sunday, December 1, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

December ?, 1963: Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, London,  UK

Saturday, December 7, 1963: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Monday, December 9, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Monday, December 16, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Friday, December 20, 1963: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Monday, December 23, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK

Monday, December 30, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, Great Newport Street, Leicester Square, London, UK with The Rolling Stones

late December 1963 or early January 1964: Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent, UK

Friday, January 17 or 24 or 31, 1964: Refectory club, Golders Green, north-west London, UK

Saturday, January 18, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Thursday, January 23, 1964: Jazzshows Jazz Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, UK with The Animals "Rhythm & Blues with"

Tuesday, January 28, 1964: Jazzshows Jazz Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, UK with The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry, Georgie Fame, Manfred Mann, The Animals, Zoot Money, John Mayall, Alexis Korner and others "Cyril Davies Benefit Night"

The band was advertised only as 'Jimmy Powell' on the club flyer.

February ?, 1964: Rendezvous Club, The Oddfellows Hall, Portsmouth, UK

Thursday, February 23, 1964: 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, UK with John Lee and The Ground Hogs, The Pretty Things "Rhythm and Blues"

Saturday, March 7, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Tuesday, March 10, 1964: The Iron Door, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Meteors, Phil Ryan and The Crescents

Friday, April 24, 1964: Mojo Club, Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, UK

June 1964

Jimmy Powell and The 5 Dimensions released only in UK their 1st single: 'That's Alright / I'm Looking For A Woman' (Pye 7N 15663). 

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #5 (MAY or JUN 1964 - AUG 1964)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Martin Shaw

4) Jimmy Powell

5) Pete Hogman

6) Dave Clapham piano



London, June 1964, Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #5 - left to right: Brian Kattenhorn, Pete Hogman, Martin Shaw, Dave Clapham, Louis Cennamo and (in front) Jimmy Powell 



Friday, June 12, 1964: 'Ready, Steady, Go!', Associated-Rediffusion ITV-TV Show, Television House, Kingsway, central London, UK with The Dave Clark Five, Dusty Springfield, Peter & Gordon (the show was taped live in the afternoon and broadcasted that evening)

Dave Clapham got locked in the dressing room and only just made it.

Thursday, June 18, 1964: Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Yardbirds, Freddie Starr and The Flamingos

Saturday, June 20, 1964: 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', ABC/ITV-TV Show, ATV Studios, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with The Dave Clark Five, Alma Cogan, Jim Reeves, Gene Vincent, PJ Proby, The Beatmen, The Federals, Janice Nicholls, DJ Sam Costa (broadcasting date)

Saturday, June 20, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Thursday, June 25, 1964: McIlroy's Rock Club, Swindon, UK

Friday, June 26, 1964: Alexandra Palace, north London, UK with The Rolling Stones, Millie & The Five Embers, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, The Barron Knights featuring Duke D'Mond, The Downliners Sect, Tony Colton & The Crawdaddies, Alexis Korner and others "All Night Rave"

The band was billed as 'Jimmy Powell and The 5 Dimensions' on the poster.

Wednesday, July 15, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

August 1964

Martin Shaw left the band and was replaced on lead guitar by Geoffrey 'Geoff' Krivit (b. 1948, Wood Green, North London, UK).

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #6 (AUG 1964 - OCT ??, 1964)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Jimmy Powell

4) Pete Hogman

5) Dave Clapham

6) Geoff Krivit guitar

Saturday, September 12, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK wih The Soul Agents

Thursday, September 17, 1964: Cavern Club, 10 Mathw Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK with The Clayton Squares, The Hidaways, The Music Students "Blues Night"

Friday, September 18, 1964: Little Fat Black Pussy Cat, Millergate, Bradford, UK

Sunday, October 11, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

October ??, 1964

Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions broke up after a split at 'Malcolm Nixon Agency'. The original Five Dimensions continue to play on their own in London with the addition of piano player Robert 'Bob' Scriven (b. 1941) and after moving to 'Robert Stigwood Organisation', meanwhile Jimmy Powell stayed with 'Malcolm Nixon Agency' and went back home to Birmingham and went looking for other musicians to be The fictitious Five Dimensions.

THE FIVE DIMENSIONS (OCT ??, 1964 - AUG 1965)

1) Louis Cennamo

2) Brian Kattenhorn

3) Pete Hogman

4) Geoff Krivit

5) Bob Scriven piano

Saturday, October 31, 1964: Exeter University, Exeter, UK

The Five Dimensions backed up Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

November ?, 1964: Ricky Tick club, Clewer Road, Windsor, Berkshire, UK

The Five Dimensions backed up Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe and The Five Dimensions, Ricky Tick club, Windsor, Berkshire, UK, early November 1964 - left to right: Brian Kattenhorn, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Louis Cennamo, Bob Scriven

Monday, November 16, 1964: 'unnamed', Granada TV Show, Studio 6, Granada Studios, Manchester, UK (unbroadcast)

The Five Dimensions supposedly backed up Sonny Boy Williamson II.

Saturday, November 28, 1964: Little Fat Black Pussy Cat, Millergate, Bradford, UK

January ?, 1965: unknown recording studio, London, UK

The Five Dimensions backed up (uncredited) Chuck Berry in the recording of his album: 'Chuck Berry In London' (CRL 4005; March 1965: track list: 'My Little Love Light / She Once Was Mine / After It's Over / I Got A Booking / Night Beat / His Daughter Caroline / You Came A Long Way From St. Louis / St. Louis Blues / Jamaica Farewell / Dead Dad / Butterscotch / The Song Of My Love / Why Should We End This Way / I Want To Be Your Driver').     

Friday, January 8, 1965: Lewisham Odeon, London, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Saturday, January 9, 1965: Astoria, London, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Sunday, January 10, 1965: Odeon, Manchester, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.  (cancelled)

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Monday, January 11, 1965: Gaumont, Sheffield, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Tuesday, January 12, 1965: Gaumont, Hanley, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Wednesday, January 13, 1965: Odeon, Leicester, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Thursday, January 14, 1965: Capitol, Cardiff, Wales with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Friday, January 15, 1965: Colston Hall, Bristol, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Saturday, January 16, 1965: Gaumont, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Sunday, January 17, 1965: Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Monday, January 18, 1965: ABC Theatre, Hull, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Tuesday, January 19, 1965: Odeon, Newcastle, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Thursday, January 21, 1965: Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Friday, January 22, 1965: ABC Theatre, Carlisle, Scotland with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Saturday, January 23, 1965: Odeon, Stockton, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Sunday, January 24, 1965: Empire, Liverpool, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Monday, January 25, 1965: ABC Theatre, Chester, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Tuesday, January 26, 1965: Odeon, Leeds, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Wednesday, January 27, 1965: ABC Theatre, Lincoln, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Thursday, January 28, 1965: Gaumont, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Friday, January 29, 1965: Fairfield Hall, Croydon, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Saturday, January 30, 1965: Odeon, Southend UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

Sunday, January 31, 1965: Regal Theatre, Edmonton, UK with The Moody Blues, Graham Bond Organization, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Winston G.

The Five Dimensions backed up Chuck Berry.

August 1965

The original Five Dimensions broke up. Geoff Krivit joins John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Louis Cennamo joins The Herd (and later Chicago Line Blues Band, Renaissance, Colosseum, Steamhammer, Armageddon, Illusion, etc. etc.), Pete Hogman played as one man band (and later teamed up with his wife Gill and they formed the Calico string band),  and Brian 'Chick' Kattenhorn and Bob Scriven disappeared from the music scene.

November 1964
As mentioned above, after the split between him and The original Five Dimensions in October 1964, Jimmy Powell went back home to Birmingham and a month later form The fictitious Five Dimensions with his old bandmates and former members of the original band, Martin Shaw and Kenny White, and new members such as former The Rockin' Berries bass player Tim Munns and former The Paramounts drummer B.J. Wilson (b. Barrie James Wilson, March 18, 1947, Haslebury Road, Edmonton, North London, UK). B.J. joined the band through his old friend and schoolmate Kenny White (they also played in an amateur school band together about five or six years before at 'Latymer Grammar School' in Edmonton). Kenny had persuaded B.J. to leave The Paramounts to play with Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions.

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #7 (NOV 1964 - MAR or APR 1965)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Martin Shaw

3) Kenny White

4) Tim Munns bass

5) B.J. Wilson drums

6) ? keyboards
 

Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #7, 1964/65 - left to right (top): ?, Jimmy Powell, Martin Shaw, left to right (bottom): Tim Munns, Kenny White, B.J. Wilson 



Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions #7, 1964/65 - left to right: Jimmy Powell, B.J. Wilson, Kenny White



Friday, November 20, 1964
Jimmy Powell released only in UK his 4th solo single: 'Sugar Babe (new version) / I've Been Watching You' (Pye 7N 15735). Both tracks were recorded by Jimmy Powell backed up by famous local sessionmen: Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass) and Clem Cattini (drums).

Monday, November 23, 1964: Top Twenty Club, Town Hall, Bridgewater, UK

ca. December 1964
Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions released only in UK their 1st and only E.P: 'That’s Alright / I’m Looking For A Woman / Sugar Babe (new version) / I’ve Been Watching You'.

Friday, December 4, 1964: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Thursday, December 17, 1964: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, Uk with Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents (cancelled) 

Thursday, January 21, 1965: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents

Maybe tonight or maybe the night below (Feb. 12), famous producer Mickie Most goes to the Marquee to see Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions playing live and also for an interview with a group called The Puzzle.  

Monday, January 24, 1965: Troutbeck, Ilkley, Bradford, UK

February ?, 1965: Rendezvous Club, The Oddfellows Hall, Portsmouth, UK

Friday, February 12, 1965: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents

Saturday, February 13, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Saturday, March 13, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

March or April 1965

B.J. WIlson left the band and re-joined in his old band The Paramounts (later well known under the name of Procol Harum) because B.J. felt he'd made a bad move and was really missing The Paramounts and he wanted so much to come back with them.

JIMMY POWELL AND THE FIVE DIMENSIONS #8 (MAR or APR 1965 - ca. APR 1966)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Martin Shaw

3) Kenny White

4) Tim Munns
5) ?

6) Peter Knight drums

Saturday, April 10, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Friday, April 16, 1965: Cubi Klub, Slack Street, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK 

Saturday, April 17, 1965: Cubi Klub, Slack Street, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK with Donovan, Pedlars, John Lee's Groundhogs, St. Louis Union, The Maraccas, The Scaffold

Saturday, May 15, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Saturday, June 26, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Saturday, July 17, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Saturday, August 7, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Friday, August 27, 1965: Assembly Rooms, Tamworth, West Midlands, UK with The Ricochettes, Th Vipers

Sunday, September 5, 1965: Twisted Wheel, 26 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester, UK

Sunday, October 24, 1965: Twisted Wheel, Whitworth Street, Manchester, UK

Friday, December 3, 1965: Twisted Wheel, Whitworth Street, Manchester, UK

Friday-Saturday, February 4-5, 1966: The Pavilion Ballroom, Strathpeffer, Scotland with The Droves (4-5), The Oreogons (4), The Tribe (5)

ca. April 1966

Jimmy Powell and The Five Dimensions broke up. The Five Dimensions mutated into The Score, meanwhile Jimmy was looking for another band to be The new fictitious Five Dimensions and remembered The Puzzle from the year before at the Marquee Club. Dave Cunningham, The Puzzle's manager, got a call from Jimmy and the latter invited the band to joined him and turned pro. After a practice session, The Puzzle upped sticks and moved from their home town of Royton to Birmingham and lived, literally, in the demo recording studio that Jimmy ran for 'Strike Records'. It was well south of the centre of Brum on the A38 very close to the British Leyland car plant in Longbridge.  The Puzzle desperately tried to get an Hammond organist but it just didn't happen, so the new band were always billed as 'Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions' as opposed to 'The Five Dimensions'.   

JIMMY POWELL AND THE DIMENSIONS #1 (ca. APR 1966 - DEC ??, 1966)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Steve 'Boltz' Bolton lead guitar

3) Alan Stone bass

4) Paul Smith tenor sax

5) Mick Green drums



The Puzzle aka The Dimensions #1, 1966

ca. April 1966: The Place, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions's first gig. They played there regularly from then on, sometimes as the only band, sometimes with others (The Alan Bown Sect being a regular pairing with them).

June 1966

Jimmy Powell released only in UK his 5th solo single: 'I Can Go Down / Love Me Right' (Strike JH 309). Curiously the 'A' side was credited by 'Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions', although no members of the band play in that song.   

November ?, 1966: Leicester University, Leicester, UK with The Spencer Davis Group 

December ??, 1966

The Puzzle/The Dimensions abruptly left Jimmy Powell at Christmas time after a non-materialising record deal, a cancelled European tour and finding out they were being conned over gig monies (back home The Puzzle broke up and Mick Green sadly passed away in 2001).  Jimmy was looking again for other musicians to be The Dimensions and he assumed Dave Fullford, Willy Morris, Tom Russell, Alan Shepherd, Stan Byers (d. 2010) and Rod Godwin (b. Coventry, UK).

JIMMY POWELL AND THE DIMENSIONS #2 (DEC ??, 1966 - 1967)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Dave Fullford vocals, guitar

3) Rod Godwin guitar

4) Willy Morris bass

5) Tom 'Duke' Russell drums

6) Alan 'Ted' Shepherd flute, tenor sax
7) Stan Byers trumpet



Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions #2, 1967 - left to right: Jimmy Powell, Alan Shepherd, Willy Morris, Tom Russell, Stan Byers, Dave Fullford, Rod Godwin

JIMMY POWELL AND THE DIMENSIONS #3 (1967 - 1968)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Dave Fullford

3) Rod Godwin

4) Tom Russell

5) Alan Sheperd

6) Stan Byers

7) Tony Lucas bass

Friday, June 9, 1967: The Pavilion Ballroom, Strathpeffer, Scotland with The Blue Notes Dance Band, DJ Stuart Henry (afternoon show)

Friday, June 9, 1967: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK (evening show)

Sunday, July 2, 1967: Saville Theatre, 135-149 Shaftsbury Avenue, Holborn, central London, UK with Cream, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Beck Group

Monday, August 14, 1967: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with The Long John Baldry Show

The band was billed only as 'Jimmy Powell' on the Marquee programme flyer.

September 1967

Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions released only in UK their 2th single: 'Unexpected Mirrors / Time Mends Broken Hearts' (Decca F 12664).

Tuesday, November 28, 1967: Mayfair Ballroom, Newgate Street and Low Friar Street, Newcastle, UK with Alan Price Set, Mr. Poobah

Sunday, December 24, 1967: Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland

Friday or Saturday, March 1 or 2, 1968: Wilnecote Community Centre, Wilnecote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK

About 50 people walked out of the dance when two hours after the start it was anounced that the show was cancelled because the group had been unable to find its wat to the centre. The dance was organized by Wilnecote Youth Centre to raise money for club funds. The 120 people who had paid for admission were offered half of their money back because of the let-down. Mr. Ken Briggs, the club leader, told a 'Tamworth Herald' reporter "When the group failed to turn up I phoned Tamworth police station and was told the players had been given directions". Mr. Terry Blood, agent for the group, said "Jimmy Powell would like the…He…an engagement before and is more hurt than anyone about this slip. Jimmy did rather a silly thing. He had forgotten to bring his contract for the dance with him. He knew the dance had something to do with the youth in Tamworth, but he could not remember exactly where it was being held". Said Mr. Blood: "The group went to the police station but could not get any form idea of where they were supposed to be playing. Jimmy and another boy then went to about seven different places and asked people in the street".

Friday, March 8, 1968

Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions released only in UK their 3rd single: 'I Just Can't Get Over You / Real Cool' (Decca F 12751).

1968

Jimmy Powell and The Dimensions broke up (Rod Godwin joins the Cathedral). Jimmy was looking again for other musicians to be The Dimensions and he hired Derek Bunt and the brothers Ray and Bob Spiteri, the latters both former members of the Scarlet Religion.

JIMMY POWELL AND THE DIMENSIONS #4 (1968 - ca. 1972)

1) Jimmy Powell

2) Ray Spiteri lead guitar, vocals

3) Bob Spiteri bass, vocals

4) Derek Bunt drums

unknown date, 19??: unknown venue, Kiel, Germany

unknown date, 19??: Top Ten Club, Hamburg, Germany

1969

Jimmy Powell released only in UK his 6th solo single: 'I Can Go Down / Captain Man' (Young Blood YB 1002).

1969

Jimmy Powell released only in UK his 7th solo single: 'House Of The Rising Sun / That's Love' (Youngblood YB 1006).

1969

Jimmy & The Dimensions released only in UK their 4th single: 'Sugar Man / Slow Down' (Youngblood YB 1008).

1970

Jimmy Powell released only in UK his 8th solo single: 'Witness To A War / Strangers On A Train' (Youngblood YB 1019).