''Greatest Hits'' is a

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released by

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band

Rose Royce 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". Career Th ...

on the Whitfield label in 1980. All tracks were produced by

Norman Whitfield Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.allmusic Biography/ref> He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motow ...

History

The album reached number one on the

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. Two original songs were released as singles, "Pop Your Fingers" and "You're a Winner". "Pop Your Fingers" peaked at No. 60 on the ''Billboard''

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, while "You're a Winner" failed to chart.

Track listing

North American version

European version

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

* * {{Rose Royce 1980 greatest hits albums Rose Royce albums Albums produced by Norman Whitfield