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Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom

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Released
  
July 29, 1977

Artist
  
Rose Royce

Producer
  
Norman Whitfield

Genres
  
Soul music, Funk, Disco

Length
  
41:34

Release date
  
29 July 1977

Label
  
Whitfield Records

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Recorded
  
Sound Factory West (Los Angeles, California) Amigo Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California), 1976

Rose Royce II In Full Bloom (1977)
  
Rose Royce III Strikes Again! (1978)

Similar
  
Rose Royce III: Strikes A, Greatest Hits, Car Wash, Rose Royce IV: Rainbow

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Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom is the second album released by American funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in July 1977. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

Contents

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History

The album topped the R&B albums chart. It also reached #9 on the Billboard 200. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "Do Your Dance (Part 1)" and "Ooh Boy". A third single, "Wishing on a Star", was not as successful in the US, but was a huge hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #3. Another single, "It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'", was released in the UK and peaked at #16. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted.

Personnel

Rose Royce
  • Rose Norwalt – lead vocals
  • Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
  • Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
  • Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
  • Michael Nash – keyboards
  • Henry Garner – drums, vocals
  • Freddie Dunn – trumpet
  • Michael Moore – sax
  • Terry Santiel – congas
  • Additional Musicians
  • Mark Davis, – keyboards, ARP, piano
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson – guitar
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Jack Ashford – tambourine, vibes, hotel sheet
  • Production

  • Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mastering engineer
  • Leanard Jackson –Chief recording engineer and mixing
  • Steve Smith – recording engineer, mastering engineer
  • Steve Maslow – recording engineer, mastering engineer
  • Bill Whitfield – album coordinator
  • Paul Riser – orchestral direction
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Eric Chan/Gribbitt! – album design
  • Shusei Nagaoka – cover illustration
  • Ron Slenzak – photography
  • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1Wishing on a Star4:52
    2You Can't Please Everybody3:49
    3Ooh Boy4:17

    References

    Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom Wikipedia