"Rose Royce Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group. They are best known for several hit singles during the 1970s including ""Car Wash"", ""I Wanna Get Next to You"", ""I'm Going Down"", ""Wishing on a Star"", and ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"". The Los Angeles-based group originally comprised Henry Garner (drums), Terral ""Terry"" Santiel (congas), Lequeint ""Duke"" Jobe (bass), Michael Moore (saxophone), Kenny Copeland (trumpet, lead vocals), Kenji Brown (guitar, lead vocals), Freddie Dunn (trumpet), and Victor Nix (keyboards). The group began in the early 1970s, when members of several backup bands from the Watts and Inglewood areas"
"and peaked at number nine on the ""Billboard"" Top 200 Albums chart. The album spawned three successful singles: ""Do Your Dance (Part 1)"", ""It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'"", ""Ooh Boy"", and ""Wishing on a Star"". Despite the poor chart performance of ""Wishing on a Star"", which was lead completely by Dickey, became an international pop hit and garnered a certified silver certification in the United Kingdom. In August 1978, Rose Royce released their third album """", which became certified gold in the United States. The album spawned two top-ten R&B singles: ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"" and ""I'm in"
"Royce (whose members were originally Edwin Starr's backing band while at Motown) went on to record three more popular albums, and had two huge UK hits with ""Wishing on a Star"" (1977) and ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"" (1978), but could never top the success of ""Car Wash"", which served as the theme song to the 1976 motion picture ""Car Wash."" The ""Car Wash"" soundtrack won Whitfield a Grammy Award for Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. He also composed the theme song for the 1977 motion picture ""Which Way Is"
"Car Wash (song) ""Car Wash"" is a hit song by American R&B band Rose Royce. It was the group's debut single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s disco era. ""Car Wash"", the theme of the 1976 motion picture ""Car Wash"", was Rose Royce's most successful single and the lead single from their debut studio album, the . Reaching number-one in the United States on the ""Billboard"" pop and R&B charts, ""Car Wash"" also peaked at number three on the dance chart and reached number nine in the UK Singles chart in February 1977. The song was"
"peaked at number one on ""Billboard""'s Hot 100 chart, and sold over a million copies in United States. Rose Royce's debut album ""Car Wash"" was released on September 13, 1976. The album sold over two million copies worldwide and won Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album in 1977. The album's final single ""I'm Going Down"", which also featured lead vocals from Dickey, peaked at number seventy on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and reached number ten on the R&B singles chart. The group's second album """" became a platinum-seller in the United States and topped the R&B albums chart"
"(1975), a song he had written in 1963 and recorded originally with Kim Weston. In 1975, Whitfield left Motown, following its move from Detroit, to form his own label, Whitfield Records. His first act was The Undisputed Truth, whom he had convinced to leave Motown, followed by Rose Royce, Willie Hutch, Nytro, Mammatapee and Junior Walker. The Undisputed Truth scored their second biggest hit in 1976 with the disco song ""You + Me = Love"", their first single on Whitfield Records. Norman Whitfield had an international smash hit in 1976 with Rose Royce's ""Car Wash"", issued on MCA Records. Rose"
"X Factor"" prior to the sixth live show. Cocozza's vocals were recorded prior to his exit and only appeared on the single version. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 98,932 copies. Wishing on a Star ""Wishing on a Star"" is a 1978 hit single by Rose Royce for Whitfield Records. Included on their second album, ""Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom"", ""Wishing on a Star"" is a slow ballad written by former Undisputed Truth member Billie Rae Calvin and produced by Norman Whitfield. The lyrics concern a woman longing for the"
"these was also a number one single on the Billboard popular music charts, and ""I Wanna Get Next to You"" reached number ten. The group's follow-up album, ""Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom"", produced two Top Ten singles, ""Do Your Dance"" and ""Ooh Boy"". It also included ""Wishing on a Star"", which for Rose Royce was a top-10 hit only in the UK; it became notable elsewhere through its cover versions, including The Cover Girls' Top Ten single in 1992. During 1978, they released their third album, entitled ""Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!"", and it featured ""I'm in Love (And"
"Rhythm & Romance (Rosanne Cash album) Rhythm & Romance was the fifth studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. It was released in May 1985. Her highest honor came when one of its tracks, ""I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"", won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a female artist. That song and ""Never Be You"" were both No. 1 Billboard country singles. Two other tracks rose to the No. 5 spot on the charts: ""Hold On"" and ""Second to No One."" Although Cash had written at least one composition on each"
"Wayne and Merrill had penned the track for Donny), came out on the easy listening charts at the same time the much harder ""Crazy Horses"" song was charting. Donny, and to a lesser extent, Marie and Jimmy, soon began to emerge as solo artists. Jimmy was becoming ""big in Japan"", and in 1972 had a #1 hit in the United Kingdom with ""Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"". Marie, then 13 years old, hit #1 on the US country chart in 1973 with ""Paper Roses"" (a song originally recorded by Anita Bryant a decade before). Donny had a string of pop"
"Come, First Serve"", was only moderately successful, peaking at #65 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records. Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! is the third album released by the Funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in August 1978. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. The album peaked at #4 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #8 on the ""Billboard"" 200. It yielded two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, ""I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"" and"
"United States. Following up that success, James released two more gold albums, 1982's ""Throwin' Down"" and 1983's ""Cold Blooded"". During this period, envious of Prince's success as producer of other acts including The Time and Vanity 6, James launched the acts Process and the Doo-Rags, and the Mary Jane Girls, featuring his former background singer Joanne ""JoJo"" McDuffie as the lead vocalist and background performer, finding success with the latter group, due to the hits, ""All Night Long"", ""Candy Man"", and ""In My House"". In 1982, James produced the Temptations' Top 10 R&B hit, ""Standing On The Top"". In 1983,"
"""Never Be You"", and two other Country Top 10 singles, ""Hold On"" and ""Second to No One"". ""Rhythm & Romance"" drew high critical praise for its fusion of country and pop. ""I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"" won the 1985 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; ""Hold On"" won the 1987 Robert J. Burton Award from BMI as the Most Performed Song of the Year. In the '80s, Cash curtailed her touring for childbearing and raising a family (three daughters with Crowell, as well as Crowell's daughter by his first marriage, Hannah). She continued to record"
"1978 - When the Cookie Jar Is Empty 1979 - When It's Over 1980 - On My Way Home to You 1980 - One Bad Habit 1980 - Baseball 1982 - Jealousy 1982 - Love Duet (with Renee Diggs) 1982 - Comin' Home to You 1983 - Can't Seem to Shake This Rock 'n Roll 1985 - Your Secret's Safe with Me 1985 - When I Give My Love to You (with Brenda Russell) 1985 - Queen of the Underground 1985 - Michael Franks 1987 - Island Life 1987 - The Camera Never Lies 1987 - Doctor Sax / Face"
"by Joseph McCarthy, recorded by a number of singers, most notably Perry Como. A Finnish punk rock band Pelle Miljoona & 1980 has covered the song on their first 7´´ single in 1979. Ramblin' Rose ""Ramblin' Rose"" is a 1962 popular song written by brothers Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman and popularized by Nat King Cole. Cole's recording of the song was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 4804. It reached number two on both the ""Billboard"" and ""Cash Box"" charts and sold over a million copies as a single. On the Billboard chart, ""Ramblin' Rose was kept from"
"as an example of the car brand's ""magic body control."" It was also used by Jaguar Cars in a parody of the Mercedes-Benz commercial. Upside Down (Diana Ross song) ""Upside Down"" is a song written and produced by Chic members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. It was recorded by American singer Diana Ross. The song was issued as a single through the Motown label in 1980, as the lead single from her tenth studio album, ""Diana"". ""Upside Down"" hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on September 6, 1980. It also hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Disco"
"This the Way to Amarillo"", with 1.28 million copies sold. Westlife's 2001 cover of Billy Joel's ""Uptown Girl"" is the second biggest-seller, followed by 1986's ""Living Dolls"" and the Spice Girls' 1997 double-A side single ""Mama""/""Who Do You Think You Are"", with Boyzone's 1999 cover of ""When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"" rounding up the top five. In addition, the first Red Nose Day Schools' song ('Make Someone Happy') was published in 2007. A CD of the song, together with backing tracks and fundraising ideas was sent free of charge to all primary schools in the UK"
"and released as a single both by Alpert and by Pete Fountain, also in 1965. Mae (Riz Ortolani song) ""Mae"" is a 1965 song written by Riz Ortolani for the MGM motion picture ""The Yellow Rolls-Royce""; the song is the theme for the section of the film in which ownership of the titular Rolls-Royce passes to a gangster and becomes the backdrop to a dangerous romance between the gangster's girlfriend Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine) and a young Italian named Stefano (Alain Delon). The song with English lyrics, ""She's Just a Quiet Girl"", was recorded and released as a single by"
"the U.S Dance Chart. The ""Gavin Report"" wrote about the song: ""The Class of '96 were babies when Rose Royce charted with this song in 1978. The Real McCoy works their magic and makes it fresh again. Uptempo and definitely radio friendly."" A ""Sleeping With An Angel"" (4:26) B1 ""Ooh Boy"" (3:04) B2 ""Ooh Boy"" (3:56) ""Ooh Boy"" has been covered and sampled, numerous times Ooh Boy Ooh Boy (sometimes known as ""Ooh Boy (I Love You So)"") is a song written by Norman Whitfield and originally recorded by Rose Royce for their second album, """", and was the third"
"released ""Stuck on a Feeling"" featuring Snoop Dogg as the first single from his fourth studio album, ""Double Vision"". The single is Royce's best-performing single in the United States to date, having reached number forty-three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. In early 2015, he contributed the song ""My Angel"" to the soundtrack album for the blockbuster film ""Furious 7"". In March 2015, it was announced that Royce would join Ariana Grande's The Honeymoon Tour as the opening act for 40 dates in the United States. Royce's first album primarily in the English language, ""Double Vision"" was released on July 24,"
"I Wanna Get Next to You ""I Wanna Get Next to You"" is a 1976 soul single written, composed and produced by American songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield, and most famously sung by American R&B band Rose Royce. It is the third official single from the . The song has also become a staple on oldies radio and on adult contemporary stations. The song talks about how a narrator pleads love for a beautiful woman, except that the young woman is unkind, and does not understand his affection for her, as he wastes his own money calling her, but she"
"movement. Some thirty years after its release ""Diana"" remains Ross's best-selling studio album to date having sold a total of over 10 million copies worldwide. ""Diana"" was one of four albums written and produced by Edwards and Rodgers in 1980, the other three being Sister Sledge's ""Love Somebody Today"", Sheila and B. Devotion's ""King of the World"" including European hit single ""Spacer"", and Chic's fourth studio album ""Real People"". Following the release of two more singles, the duet ""Endless Love"" with Lionel Richie and ""It's My Turn"", both worldwide hits, Ross left Motown and signed a then-record breaking $20 million"
"Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)"". Lucinda Williams recorded ""Stop Breakin' Down"" in 1979 for her first professional release, ""Ramblin'"", a blues cover album (which also includes two more Robert Johnson songs, ""Ramblin' on My Mind"" and ""Malted Milk Blues""). In 1986, Pussy Galore included the song for their parody of the Rolling Stone's ""Exile on Main St"". The Jeff Healey Band recorded a rendition for ""Cover to Cover"", released in 1995. The White Stripes' 1999 debut album features a version of ""Stop Breaking Down""; a live version recorded by the BBC is included with their 2002 ""Dead Leaves"
"Douglas, Donna Summer's ""Love To Love You Baby"", Diana Ross' ""Love Hangover"", KC and the Sunshine Band's ""I'm Your Boogie Man"", ""I'm Every Woman"" by Chaka Khan (also known as the Queen of Funk Soul), and Chic's ""Le Freak"" conspicuously include riffs and rhythms derived from funk. In 1976, Rose Royce scored a number-one hit with a purely dance-funk record, ""Car Wash"". Even with the arrival of Disco, funk became increasingly popular well into the early '80s. Funk music was also exported to Africa, and it melded with African singing and rhythms to form Afrobeat. Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, who"
"album Just Charlie on RCA Records. It was during this time that Nelson co-wrote ""Addicted"" for Prince Royce (RCA), with Nasri Atweh (Lead singer of Magic!), which ended up on Royce's album ""Phase II"" and ""Number One's"", both of which went platinum. In 2015, Nelson was Grammy nominated for ""Best R&B Album"" and received an NAACP award for ""Best R&B Album"" and ""Song of the year"" for the Top 5 Urban AC hit song ""Goodnight Kisses"" for Charlie Wilson. For the last 2 years, Nelson has been concentrating on his clients at Eclipse Studios, including Montana of 300, one of"
"Rose Royce. The band embarked on a grueling tour during which they performed sixty shows in sixty-four days. During the tour, continuing musical and lifestyle tension between Kiedis and Sherman complicated the transition between concert and daily band life. When the tour ended in October 1984, Sherman was fired. Hillel Slovak, who had just quit What Is This?, would re-join the band in early 1985. George Clinton produced the next album, ""Freaky Styley"" (1985). Clinton combined various elements of punk and funk into the band's repertoire, allowing their music to incorporate a variety of distinct styles. The album featured Maceo"
"such as Led Zeppelin's ""Stairway to Heaven"" (1971), Aerosmith's ""Dream On"" (1973), and Lynyrd Skynyrd's ""Free Bird"" (1974). The Carpenters' ""Goodbye to Love"" (1972) has also been identified as a prototype of the power ballad. Well-known later power ballads include Nazareth's version of ""Love Hurts"" (1975), Heart's ""What About Love"" (1985), Guns N' Roses' ""November Rain"" (1991) and Poison's ""Every Rose Has Its Thorn"" (1988). Journey's power ballad, ""Faithfully"", a late addition to the group's ""Frontiers"" (1983) album, inspired Prince, who obtained the blessing of Journey's singer/songwriter Jonathan Cain, before releasing what was to become Prince's signature song, ""Purple Rain"""
"added for the 1990 CD edition for Repertoire Records. All tracks written by members of Rose Tattoo as shown. 1990 Repertoire Records re-release bonus tracks Rose Tattoo members Production The song ""Nice Boys"" was covered by Guns N' Roses in 1986 on their ""Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide"" EP and it was later re-released on their 1988 EP ""G N' R Lies"". Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin have both claimed that Rose Tattoo changed their lives and confirmed to them that their own future was in rock 'n' roll. In 1987, the song ""Rock & Roll Outlaw"" was covered by"
"Wishing on a Star ""Wishing on a Star"" is a 1978 hit single by Rose Royce for Whitfield Records. Included on their second album, ""Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom"", ""Wishing on a Star"" is a slow ballad written by former Undisputed Truth member Billie Rae Calvin and produced by Norman Whitfield. The lyrics concern a woman longing for the return of an ex-lover so that they can resume their relationship. The original version of ""Wishing on a Star"" peaked at number 52 on the ""Billboard"" R&B singles chart. Despite this, the song was played every Saturday at noon on"
"that topped ""Billboard""'s Country and Adult Contemporary charts.) ""Old Time Rock and Roll"", a song from George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III that Seger substantially rewrote the lyrics for, was not a big pop hit initially, but achieved substantial album track airplay. Moreover, it would later become one of Seger's most recognizable songs following its memorable Tom Cruise-dancing-in-his-underwear use in the 1983 film ""Risky Business"". Indeed, it has been ranked the second-most played Jukebox Single of all time, behind Patsy Cline's ""Crazy"". The recording of ""Old Time Rock and Roll"" was named one of the Songs of the Century"
"Mary Chain's vocalist Jim Reid, who ""wanted to break the routine"" of performing in small, frequently played venues—such as Nottinghams Rock City—and ""cater to all strands of independent rock music"". Reid was inspired by, and considered the Rollercoaster Tour a British equivalent to, the North American festival Lollapalooza, which the Jesus and Mary Chain performed at in 1991 and which he considered ""fairly disastrous"". Each band performed a 45-minute set with no encore and the line-up changed each night of the tour, although the Jesus and Mary Chain performed as the final act on all 11 dates. My Bloody Valentine"
"Manhattan (he was the founder and owner of M&R Records). Jimmy Roselli is a favorite among Italian-Americans and his signature tune ""Mala Femmina"" is featured twice in Martin Scorsese's ""Mean Streets"". Roselli sang in perfect Neapolitan dialect. Other Neapolitan songs recorded by Roselli include ""Core 'ngrato"", ""Anema e core"" and ""Scapricciatiello"". Jerry Lewis said of him that ""Roselli sings as an Italian should sing"". Later, as the influence of the Mafia waned, Roselli's career experienced a resurgence. In 1989, he found success in the United Kingdom when he played a series of concerts at the London Palladium. During the 1990s,"
"of her previous albums, this is the first of her albums on which she wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks. Rhythm & Romance (Rosanne Cash album) Rhythm & Romance was the fifth studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. It was released in May 1985. Her highest honor came when one of its tracks, ""I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"", won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a female artist. That song and ""Never Be You"" were both No. 1 Billboard country singles. Two other tracks rose to the No."