Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star 

AUDIO CD 1999 

Life Time

UPC 8712273050287

Made in E.C.

Tracklist:

Is It Love You're After 1 Gregory

I'm In Love (And I Love The Feeling) 2 Whitfield

Wishing On A Star 3 Calvin

The Magic Touch 4 Brown / Kersey

Band Introduction 5

Do Your Dance 6 Whitfield / Turner

I Wanna Get Next To You 7 Whitfield

Love Don't Live Here Anymore 8 Gregory

Carwash 9 Whitfield

Members:

Gwen Dickey (aka Rose Norwalt)
Kenny Copeland
Kenji Brown
Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
Victor Nix
Henry Garner
Freddie Dunn
Michael Moore
Terry Santiel
Michael Nash

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".

"Wishing on a Star" is a 1978 hit single by Rose Royce for Whitfield Records.

Included on their second album, Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom, "Wishing on a Star" is a slow ballad written by former Undisputed Truthmember Billie Rae Calvin and produced by Norman Whitfield. It was sung by Gwen Dickey under her stage name. The lyrics concern a woman longing for the return of an ex-lover so that they can resume their relationship. The original version of "Wishing on a Star" peaked at number 52 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Despite this, the song was played every Saturday at noon on Boston's Kiss 108 radio for over two decades, ceasing around 2004. In the UK, the song reached number three in March 1978. The single was re-released as the X Factor's charity single for 2011. The single features JLS and One Direction.

The song was re-recorded by Miriam Stockley and used as the theme tune to the US television mini-series The 10th Kingdom, released in 2000.