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Rose Royce

Formed in the USA as a multi-purpose backing group, the original nine-piece has worked under a variety of names.

Rose Royce's first recorded album, Car Wash, went Platinum. Rose Royce has earned eight gold records and five platinum records for such sensations as Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Do Your Dance, I'm In Love, I Wanna Get Next To You and Wishing on A Star, to name a few.

The movie ‘Car Wash’ and the soundtrack were big hits, and it also propelled the group into national notoriety. Released in late 1976, the soundtrack featured three Billboard R&B top ten singles: Car Wash, I Wanna Get Next to You and I'm Going Down. The former was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts.

In 1977, the group released its follow-up album, In Full Bloom, and bloom it did. The group returned to the top ten with Do Your Dance and Ooh Boy, silencing all critics.

In 1978, they released their third album entitled Rose Royce Strikes Back, and it featured I'm in Love (and I Love the Feeling) and Love Don't Live Here Anymore. Both singles cracked the Billboard R&B top five.

The group followed with a string of hits that roamed the charts. They became very popular in England and remain a marquee attraction here. Dazzling audiences worldwide, Rose Royce frequently tours Europe three times a year and Japan twice a year. They have played to many standing-room-only crowds all over the world.