Car wash

A car wash (also written as "carwash") or auto wash is a facility used to clean the exterior and, in some cases, the interior of motor vehicles. Car washes can be self-serve, fully automated, or full-service with attendants who wash the vehicle.

In 2013, there were approximately 113,000 car washes in the United States.

History

With the modern convenience of touchless automatic car washes, it may be difficult to remember that the industry was not always so high-tech. Though, other commercial car washes came before it, the first semi-automatic car wash in the United States made its debut in 1946, and from there, the industry has grown in both size and sophistication.

1946

The start of the history of car washing dated back into 1914. People used manpower to push or move the cars through stages of the process. Eventually, manual car wash operations peaked at 32 drive-through facilities in the United States. Prior to this time, the evolution of car washing was just at the beginning, and that the automatic car washing was born. The first semi-automatic car wash was active for the first time in Detroit, Michigan using automatic pulley systems and manual brushing.

Car Wash (song)

"Car Wash" is a hit R&B song performed by Rose Royce and written and produced by Norman Whitfield. It was the group's debut single and one of the most notable successes of the disco era. Written and produced by the band's main producer Norman Whitfield, "Car Wash", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash, was Rose Royce's most successful hit single and the lead single from their first album, the Car Wash soundtrack. Reaching number one in the United States on the Billboard pop and R&B charts, "Car Wash" also peaked at number three on the disco charts and reached number nine in the UK singles chart in February 1977. The song was later covered in 2004 by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, who released their version as the single for the Shark Tale soundtrack.

Background

Former Motown Records producer Norman Whitfield had been commissioned to record the soundtrack album for Car Wash by director Michael Schultz. Although Whitfield did not want to assume the project, he decided to do so, both for financial incentives as well as the chance to give Rose Royce, a disco/funk backing band that Whitfield signed to his own label in 1975, the exposure they needed to become mainstream. Unable to develop a theme song for the film, inspiration finally struck Whitfield while playing a game of basketball, and he allegedly wrote his first draft of "Car Wash" on a paper bag from a fried chicken eatery.

Car Wash (film)

Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures. The Art Linson Production was directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher. Starring Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters and Richard Pryor, Car Wash is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of the employees and the owner, Mr. B (Sully Boyar), of a Los Angeles, California car wash (filmed at a Westlake car wash at the corner of Rampart Blvd. and 6th Street).

Overview

Originally conceived as a musical, Car Wash deals with the exploits of a close-knit, multiracial group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash. In an episodic fashion, the film covers a full day, during which all manner of strange visitors make cameo appearances, including Lorraine Gary as a hysterical wealthy woman from Beverly Hills dealing with a carsick son. Richard Pryor also appears in a memorable cameo as a money-hungry evangelist named 'Daddy Rich' whose pseudo-gospel of prosperity theology is beloved by most (including his female entourage, played by The Pointer Sisters) but loathed by Abdullah, formerly Duane (Bill Duke), a young, bad-tempered, Black Muslim revolutionary. Later in the film, there is also a man ("Professor" Irwin Corey) whose strange behavior and dress fit the profile of the notorious "pop bottle bomber" being sought that day by the police. This causes employees, customers and the owner of the car wash, Mr. B (Sully Boyer) to fear for their lives, but the strange man's pop bottle "bomb" is simply a urine sample he is taking to the hospital.

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2011 in Deep

The year 2011 is the 11th year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2011 Deep held 31 events beginning with, Deep: Shizuoka Impact 2011.

Title fights

Events list

Deep: Shizuoka Impact 2011

Deep: Shizuoka Impact 2011 was an event held on February 6, 2011 at Twin Messe in Shizuoka.

Results

Deep: clubDeep Nagoya: Kobudo Fight 2

Deep: clubDeep Nagoya: Kobudo Fight 2 was an event held on February 13, 2011 at Asunal Kanayama Hall in Nagoya.

Results

Deep: 52 Impact

Deep: 52 Impact was an event held on January 24, 2011 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: Tokyo Impact

Deep: Tokyo Impact was an event held on February 27, 2011 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: Annihilate!

Deep: Annihilate! was an event held on March 13, 2011 at Shibuya Ax in Tokyo.

Deep: 53 Impact

Deep: 53 Impact was an event held on April 22, 2011 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: clubDeep in Diana

Deep: clubDeep in Diana was an event held on April 24, 2011 at Club Diana in Tokyo.

Results

2008 in Deep

The year 2008 is the 8th year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2008 Deep held 27 events beginning with, Deep: 28 Impact.

Title fights

Events list

Deep: Future King Tournament 2007

Deep: Future King Tournament 2007 was an event held on January 14, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: Kobudo Fight 2

Deep: Kobudo Fight 2 was an event held on February 17, 2008 at Kobudo Martial Arts Communication Space Tiger Hall in Nagoya.

Results

Deep: 34 Impact

Deep: 34 Impact was an event held on February 22, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: clubDeep Tokyo

Deep: clubDeep Tokyo was an event held on March 29, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round

Deep: Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round was an event held on March 29, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Results

Deep: Kobudo Fight 3

Deep: Kobudo Fight 3 was an event held on April 20, 2008 at Kobudo Martial Arts Communication Space Tiger Hall in Nagoya.

Results