Rainbow Connection IV is the fourth album by the funk band Rose Royce, released on the Whitfield label in 1979.[4] 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.
Rainbow Connection IV at Discogs (list of releases)
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