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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 ...
The album peaked at No. 16 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)", which charted at No. 52 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
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.
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 .
The Trammps is the debut album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, ... "Where Do We Go From Here" was the last song played on closing night of New York's ...
Their two biggest hits were "Disco Inferno," a cover of the Trammps tune, and their own composition "Turn the Music Up!" Both tracks were released on the Vanguard label and issued in the UK as 12-inch singles which boosted the group's popularity on dance floors around the UK.
Disco Inferno" is a song by The Trammps. Disco Inferno may also refer to: Disco Inferno, a 1976 disco album recorded by The Trammps which includes the song; Disco Inferno (band), a band formed in the late 1980s; Disco Inferno, a 2006 musical set in the 1970s; Disco Inferno (wrestler) (born 1967), American professional wrestler born Glenn Gilbertti