Rainbow Connection IV

Rainbow Connection IV is the fourth album by the funk band Rose Royce, released on the Whitfield label in 1979. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. This would be the last album to include lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

History
The album peaked at #22 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #74 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released from the album, "Is It Love You're After" and "What You Waitin' For". "Is It Love You're After" peaked at #31 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It was more successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13. "What You Waitin' For" failed to chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 2010 by Wounded Bird Records.

Personnel

 * Rose Royce
 * Gwen Dickey – 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 – saxophone
 * Terry Santiel – congas


 * Additional musicians
 * Walter Downing – clavinet, Rhodes piano
 * Lafayette Trey Stone, Isy Martin, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
 * Jack Ashford – tambourine, cowbell

Production

 * Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mixing engineer, album concept
 * Michael Nash – producer ("Pazazz")
 * Bruce Miller – string and horn arrangements
 * Leanard Jackson, Steve Smith – recording engineer, mixing engineer
 * Norman Moore – cover design
 * Scott Hensell – photography
 * Tim Bryant/Gribbitt! – art direction
 * Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

 * Singles