Norman Whitfield was one of Berry Gordy's right hand men at Motown. Songwriter extraordinaire, he penned Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home), Ain't Too Proud to Beg, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Needle in a Haystack, Ball of Confusion, War, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone and many, many more. He worked with most acts on the label's roster including the Temptations, Gladys Knight and Edyyn Starr and won countless Grammys in the process. In 1976 he upped sticks, formed his own label, and wrote this rather elegant slice of disco infused funk. It shifted in excess of two million copies.
Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976)
Norman Whitfield (1940-2008)
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