Disco Inferno Lyrics Burn baby burn Burn baby burn Burn baby burn Burn baby burn Burning To my surprise listen one hundred stories high People. The Trammps Wikipedia. The Trammps were an Americandisco and soulband, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands. The bands first major success was with their 1. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart. The first disco track they released was Love Epidemic in 1. However, they are best known for their Grammy winning song, Disco Inferno, originally released in 1. UK pop hit and US R B hit. After inclusion in the Saturday Night Feversoundtrack, the song was re released in 1. US pop hit. HistoryeditThe history of the Trammps grew from the 1. Volcanos, who later became the Moods. 1 With a number of line up changes by the early 1. Jimmy Ellis, drummer and singer bass voice Earl Young, with brothers Stanley and Harold Doc Wade. Members of the Philadelphia recording band MFSB played with the group on records and on tour in the 1. Robert Upchurch joining later. The group was produced by the Philadelphia team of Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris and Young, all MFSB mainstays who played on the recording sessions and contributed songs. Their debut chart entry came via an upbeat cover version of the standard Zing Went the Strings of My Heart, featuring Youngs bass voice, which became a Top 2. US R B chart hit in 1. Listen to Disco Inferno by The Trammps. Discover song lyrics from your favorite artists and albums on Shazam Available in CD. The success of the title track, featured in Saturday Night Fever, likely overshadowed the remainder of the album. Their first few recordings were released on Buddah Records, including Hold Back The Night which was a hit in the UK and on the Billboard R B chart in 1. U. S. Hot 1. 00 two years later. Several R B hits followed during a stay with Philadelphia International subsidiary, Golden Fleece run by Baker Harris Young before they signed to Atlantic Records. Their single Disco Inferno 1. Grammy Award winning Saturday Night Feversoundtrack in 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00 chart in May 1. Other major hits included Hold Back the Night 1. UK 55 and Thats Where the Happy People Go 1. In late 1. 97. 7, the Trammps released the song The Night the Lights Went Out to commemorate the electrical blackout that affected New York City on July 1. Their signature song Disco Inferno has been covered by Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper. In addition, Graham Parkercovered Hold Back The Night on The Pink Parker EP in 1. UK Singles Chart,6 and Top 6. US. On September 1. Disco Inferno was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York. The song was part written by Ron Kersey, a producer arranger and a member of MFSB, who also played with Trammps in the 1. During the ceremony, the original band members performed together for the first time in 2. Disco Inferno has also had a resurgence and has garnered new fans with the 2. Bernie Sanders in the USA due to the songs refrain of burn baby burn slightly altered to Bern baby Bern. Two versions of the group, with differing line ups, currently tour the nostalgia circuit. 7On March 8, 2. Jimmy Ellis died at a nursing home in Rock Hill, South Carolina where he was born on November 1. The cause of death was not immediately known but he suffered from Alzheimers disease. 2Earl Youngs Trammps still continue to record and as of August 2. Get Your Lovin While You Can written by the Steals brothers renowned for their Philly hits such as Could It Be Im Falling In Love for The Detroit Spinners. The music journalist. Ron Wynn noted the Trammps prowess cant be measured by chart popularity Ellis booming, joyous vocals brilliantly championed the celebratory fervor and atmosphere that made disco both loved and hated among music fans. 1DiscographyeditStudio albumseditCompilation albumseditSingleseditYear. Title. Peak chart positions. US8USR B8USDan8AUS9CAN1. IRE1. 4NLD1. 3NZ1. UK1. 61. 97. 2Zing Went the Strings of My Heart6. Sixty Minute Man1. Pray All You Sinners3. Love Epidemic7. Where Do We Go from Here4. Trusting Heart1. Shout5Stop and Think5Hooked for Life7. Hold Back the Night3. Thats Where the Happy People Go2. Disco Party1Soul Searchin Time6. Ninety Nine and a Half1. Disco Inferno5. 39. StarvinBody Contact Contract1. I Feel Like Ive Been Livin On the Dark Side of the Moon1. The Night the Lights Went Out1. Disco Inferno re release1. Seasons for Girls5. Soul Bones9. 13. Teaser7. 51. Hard Rock and Disco7. Music FreekLooking for You1. Breathtaking View1. Up on the Hill Mt. U7. 91. Move3. 7Twenty Five MilesI Will Be Here for You1. Lets Go Crazy1. Hold Back the Night with KWS2. Mighty High with Gloria Gaynor1. Band memberseditRonnie Baker 1. Jimmy Ellis 1. 93. Barrington Mc. Donald 1. Gene Faith a. k. a. Gene Jones original lead vocalist. Dennis Harris guitar. Norman Harris 1. John Hart 1. 94. Steve Kelly vocals. Ron Kersey b. Tyrone G. Kersey 1. 94. 52. Michael Thompson drums stopped 1. Robert Upchurch vocals. Harold Doc Wade guitar, vocals. Stanley Wade bass, vocals. Earl Young b. 1. Roger Stevens trumpet. Ed Cermanski keyboards. Cubby St Charles Vocals. Ronnie Baker bass, vocals. Michael Natalini drums 1. Later memberseditJerry Collins vocals. Jimmy Williams lead vocals1. Van Fields vocals. Lafayette Gamble vocals. Stan Doc Wade Robert Upchurch Trammps original the now touring group. Ed Cermanski keyboards. Doc Wade vocals. Robt Upchurch vocals. Fred Vesci keyboards. Mike Natalini drums 1. Rusty Stone bass. David Rue guitar. Harold Watkins brass. Ruben Henderson brass. Fred Vesci keyboards2. Carmen Tornambe Trumpet. See alsoeditReferencesedit abcBiography by Ron Wynn. Allmusic. com. Retrieved February 2. Dys, Andrew March 8, 2. Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis of Rock Hill dies at 7. The Herald. Rock Hill, SC. Retrieved March 9, 2. Allmusic. com Grammy AwardsCharts Awards Billboard Singles. Allmusic. com. Retrieved February 2. Roberts, David 2. British Hit Singles Albums 1. London Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1 9. 04. 99. Roberts, David 2. British Hit Singles Albums 1. London Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1 9. 04. 99. Biography at Soultracks. February 2. 01. 1 abcdefgUS Charts The Trammps. Billboard. Retrieved 2. David Kent 1. 99. Australian Charts Book 1. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N. S. W. ISBN 0 6. 46 1. CAN Charts The Trammps. RPM. Retrieved 2. SWE Charts The Trammps. Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2. 01. 5 0. US Certifications The Trammps. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2. 01. 5 0. NLD Charts The Trammps. Mega. Charts. Retrieved 2. IRE Charts Search The Trammps. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2. 01. 2 0. NZ Charts The Trammps. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2. 01. 2 0. UK Charts The Trammps. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2. 01. 5 0. Jimmy Ellis Dies at 7. Lead Singer in Dance Band Trammps. March 8, 2. 01. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2. John Hart Jr., 6. TrammpLyrics Vault Trammpsthetrammps. Band Members. George Bussey Alto Saxaphone. External linksedit.