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Side-A label of the 1977 US vinyl single "Disco Inferno" is a song by American disco band the Trammps from their 1976 studio album of same name.With two other cuts by the group, it reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in early 1977, but had limited mainstream success until 1978, after being included on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, when a re-release ...
Disco Inferno is the fourth studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, premiered in discothèques on December 29, 1976 for New Year's Eve celebrations, and then widely released through Atlantic Records in January 1977.
The history of the Trammps grew from the 1960s group the Volcanos, who later became the Moods. [1] With a number of line-up changes by the early 1970s, the band membership included gospel-influenced lead singer Jimmy Ellis, drummer and singer (bass voice) Earl Young, with brothers Stanley and Harold 'Doc' Wade.
Title Album details Peak chart positions US [1]US R&B [2]NL [9]The Best of the Trammps Featuring: MFSB & The Three Degrees Released: February 1975; Label: Philadelphia International
"Where Do We Go From Here" was the last song played on closing night of New York's legendary disco Paradise Garage. ... (Extended Version) 5:58: 14. "Promise Me" 4:52 ...
Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended and graduated from Edison High School where he sang in the ...
The track "Rubber Band" was 30 years later sampled and used by rap artist the Game for his 2005 hit "Hate It Or Love It", and again the same year by Mary J. Blige on her song "MJB Da MVP". The song also appears in Grand Theft Auto V in the in-game radio station The Lowdown 91.1 .
Earl Donald Young (born June 2, 1940) is a Philadelphia-based drummer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s as part of the Philly Soul sound. Young is best known as the founder and leader of The Trammps [1] who had a hit record with "Disco Inferno".