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Released | September 13, 1976 | ||
Genre | Funk, soul, disco, R&B | ||
Length | 73:10 | ||
Label | MCA Records | ||
Producer | Norman Whitfield | ||
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Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrackdouble album released by the funk band Rose Royce on the MCA label in September 1976. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.
History[edit]
Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score.[2] Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that (at that time) had not even been written yet.
The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles: 'Car Wash', 'I Wanna Get Next to You', and 'I'm Going Down'. The title track was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 1996 by MCA Records. The Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album.[3]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted.
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Car Wash' | 5:06 |
2. | '6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)' | 1:09 |
3. | 'I Wanna Get Next to You' | 3:57 |
4. | 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' | 3:25 |
5. | 'Zig Zag' (Rose Royce) | 2:30 |
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Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
6. | 'You're on My Mind' (Lequeint Jobe, Henry Garner) | 3:27 |
7. | 'Mid Day DJ Theme' | 1:43 |
8. | 'Born to Love You' (Rose Royce) | 3:06 |
9. | 'Daddy Rich' | 3:12 |
10. | 'Richard Pryor Dialogue' | 5:21 |
Side three | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
11. | 'You Gotta Believe' (Vocals by The Pointer Sisters) | 2:51 |
12. | 'I'm Going Down' | 3:37 |
13. | 'Yo Yo' (Rose Royce) | 4:16 |
14. | 'Sunrise' | 10:48 |
Side four | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
15. | 'Righteous Rhythm' | 2:30 |
16. | 'Water' | 3:31 |
17. | 'Crying' | 2:57 |
18. | 'Doin' What Comes Naturally' | 3:09 |
19. | 'Keep on Keepin' On' | 6:39 |
Personnel[edit]
Rose Royce
- Kenji Brown – guitar
- Lequeint 'Duke' Jobe – bass
- Victor Nix – keyboards
- Henry Garner – drums
- Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn – trumpet
- Michael Moore – sax
- Terry Santiel – congas
- Gwen 'Rose' Dickey – vocals
Additional Musicians/Personnel
- Mark Davis, Ben Wilber – keyboards
- Melvin 'Wah-Wah Watson' Ragin – guitar
- Brian Haner – guitar
- Richard Pryor – dialogue on 'Richard Pryor Dialogue'
- The Pointer Sisters – vocals on 'You Gotta Believe'
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Production[edit]
- Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
- Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
- Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
- Paul Riser – orchestra direction
Charts[edit]
Chart (1976) | Peak [4][5] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 14 |
U.S. BillboardTop Soul LPs | 2 |
UK Albums Chart | 59 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [4] | US R&B [4] | US Dan [4] | US A/C [4] | UK [5] | ||
1976 | 'Car Wash' | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | 9 |
1977 | 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' | -- | -- | -- | -- | 44 |
'I Wanna Get Next to You' | 10 | 3 | -- | 9 | 14 | |
'I'm Going Down' | 70 | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
References[edit]
- ^Guarisco, Donald A.. Car Wash review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^Rose Royce bio
- ^allmusic Biography
- ^ abcde'US Charts > Rose Royce'. Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ ab'UK Charts > Rose Royce'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
External links[edit]
- Car Wash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)
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