Today we feature one of the top soundtracks from Blaxploitation! All songs were written by Norman Whitfield.
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. 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 Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album.
Enjoy!