This Philadelphia disco/soul group is credited with being one of the first disco bands – The Trammps.
Coming out the 1960s bands such as The Volcanos and The Moods, The Trammps was initially Jimmy Ellis, Norman Harris, Earl Young, Robert Upchurch and Stanley Wade.
The band’s first hot single was a cover of a 1934 song – Zing! Went the Strings of the my Heart – which charted on the Billboard R&B list in 1972. Two other popular singles by the band were Hold Back the Night and That’s Where the Happy People Go.
But it was in 1976 that the band hit the A levels with their song Disco Inferno the title track of their fourth album, which became a hot song in every dance club across America, and was then included in the soundtrack for the film Saturday Night Fever.
The soundtrack was awarded a Grammy for best soundtrack, and The Trammps song was a disco anthem.
Although the band continued to release songs and albums, Disco Inferno became their signature song – and as the band members changed, the song stayed the same.
But for a decade obsessed with its dance music, this band’s song is still a dance favourite in the 21st century.
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