Car Wash – Rose Royce (1976)

Description

Additional information about this, Rose Royce vinyl art.

Rose Royce – The Artist

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 comprised Gwen Dickey (vocals), 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). Their breakthrough came when they produced the soundtrack for the film Car Wash. The groups name is compiled of the stage name of the charismatic singer (Rose Norwait) and the Rolls Royce the prestige car.

Car Wash – The 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 Car Wash soundtrack.

Car Wash Roller – The Shape

Modelled into a silhouette of a roller drum used in a automated car wash. These roller can be used at the beginning of the wash process to clean the car and at the end of the wash to dry the car. The roller can be made from either a chamois material to dry the vehicle or a soft brush to remove dirt. A car wash (also written as “carwash” or auto wash is a facility used to clean the exterior and, in some cases, the interior of motor vehicles. Car washes can be self-serve, fully automated, or full-service with attendants who wash the vehicle. It may also be an event where people pay to have their cars washed by volunteers as a method to raise money for some purpose.

Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures. The film was directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher. Starring Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, and Richard Pryor, Car Wash is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of the employees and the owner, Mr. B (Sully Boyar), of a Los Angeles, California car wash (filmed at a Westlake car wash at the corner of Rampart Boulevard and 6th Street).

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