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The former Motown Records producer Norman Whitfield had been commissioned to record the soundtrack album for Car Wash by the director Michael Schultz.Although Whitfield did not want the project, he decided to do so, both for financial incentives as well as the chance to give Rose Royce, a disco/funk backing band that Whitfield signed to his own label in 1975, the exposure they needed to become ...
Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack double 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.
Notable songs from the group include "Car Wash" and "Wishing on a Star". In 1976, their US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Car Wash" brought Dickey and the band acclaim and success. After leaving the band in 1980, Dickey moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued a solo career.
The song "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" was covered by American country singer Tony Booth in 1974, the same year as Jim Croce's single. It was also covered by Jerry Reed on his tribute album Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce. Gonzo the Great performed the song with some chickens on an episode of The Muppet Show.
Those fans are likely too young to know that the definitive song about workin’ at the car wash was written back in the ‘70s. But no matter what soundtrack is playing, Kelce has upped the car ...
At the car wash fundraiser, Bonnie is annoyed by Tiki's (Brandi Coleman) attitude and, without knowing how she did it, uses her powers to make the water hose explode in Tiki's face. When later Tiki puts her on sweeper duty, Bonnie ignites a stream of water and Tiki's car gets set on fire.
Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" ended up driving her right to the coveted CMA award for song of the year — 35 years later.. The Country Music Association donned the 59-year-old singer with the song ...
The song tells the story of a new police officer who reports on a fatal car crash involving a cab. It is revealed in the final line that one of the passengers was his sister, and he was the one who told her to “catch a cab”. "Sunday Driving" Jerry Lewis: 1951: Jerry crashes his car at the end of the song and says next time he'll take the ...