The Trammps is a band from the American Philadelphia. The band originated from the Volcanos and Moods that occurred in the 1960s and played soul music. The occupation consisted of: Gene Faith (lead vocals), Earl Young, Jimmy Ellis, Dennis Harris, Ron Kersey, John Hart, Stanley Wade and Michael Thomas.
Early ' 70s they were one of the first disco groups. The band existed when Jimmy Ellis, Harold Doc Wade, Stanley Wade and Earl Young. The first recording of The Trammps dates from 1972, "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart", originally an old song from 1943, at the time, sung by Judy Garland. The first big hit that finally The Trammps breakthroughs in Netherlands was "Love epidemic" from 1973. The music was then larger well known hits such as "Shout", "Hold Back The Night" and "Disco Inferno" followed. The latter hit from 1976 came a year later in the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. In 1977, The Trammps released "The Night The Lights Went Out", a song in which the big power failure in New York on 13 July of that year was sung.
In 2000 a later band member, Jerry Mills Collins, accused of beating his wife on Valentine's day when he had accused her of adultery. He got a sentence of 12 to 35 years. On 19 september 2005 signed the Group Disco Inferno plate in the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York. The band performs internationally and still exists in 2012 from the following members: Doc Wade, Stan Wade, Robert Upchurch and Dave Dixon.
They have in May 2008 at the Toppers in Concert series three concerts as guest artists.
Jimmy Ellis, who died on 8 March 2012 in 2010 for the last to sing with us in the band, in Rock Hill, South Carolina..
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Discography[Edit][]
Albums[Edit][]
Album (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The legendary zing album | 1975 | - | |||
The best of The Trammps | 1975 | 15-02-1975 | 16 | 9 | Compilation album |
Trammps | 07-1975 | - | |||
Where the happy people go | 15-04-1976 | - | |||
Disco inferno | 29-12-1976 | - | |||
The Trammps III | 10-11-1977 | - | |||
The whole world's dancing | 1979 | - | |||
Earn friends it up | 1980 | - | |||
Slipping out | 1980 | - | |||
The very best of the Trammps | 1991 | 02-11-1991 | 38 | 12 | Compilation album |
Singles[Edit][]
Single (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Love epidemic | 1974 | 13-04-1974 | 11 | 7 | No. 11 in the Single Top 100 / Alarm drive |
Where do we go from here | 1974 | 29-06-1974 | tip5 | - | |
Shout | 1974 | 04-01-1975 | 5 | 12 | No. 5 in the Single Top 100 |
Trusting heart | 1975 | 03-05-1975 | 31 | 2 | |
Save a place | 1975 | 06-09-1975 | 36 | 3 | |
Hooked for life | 1975 | 25-10-1975 | 22 | 6 | No. 28 in the Single Top 100 |
Zing went the strings of my heart | 1975 | 06-12-1975 | 11 | 9 | No. 5 in the Single Top 100 |
Hold back the night | 1976 | 28-02-1976 | 12 | 7 | No. 11 in the Single Top 100 |
That's where the happy people go | 1976 | 01-05-1976 | 25 | 4 | |
Disco party (Dance people dance) | 1976 | 31-07-1976 | tip4 | - | |
Sixty minute man | 1976 | 09-10-1976 | tip16 | - | |
Disco inferno | 1977 | 09-04-1977 | tip6 | - | |
(The night the lights went out in) New York City | 1978 | 11-03-1978 | 15 | 9 | No. 10 in the Single Top 100 |
Move | 1984 | 19-05-1984 | 34 | 3 | No. 37 in the Single Top 100 |
Single (s) with chart positions
in the Flemish Ultratop 50 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Love epidemic | 1974 | - | No. 7 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Where do we go from here | 1974 | - | No. 30 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Shout | 1974 | - | No. 7 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Save a place | 1975 | - | No. 25 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Hooked for life | 1975 | - | No. 12 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Zing went the strings of my heart | 1975 | - | No. 8 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Hold back the night | 1976 | - | No. 21 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Stop and think | 1976 | - | No. 29 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Disco party (Dance people dance) | 1976 | - | No. 24 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Disco inferno | 1977 | - | No. 24 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
(The night the lights went out in) New York City | 1978 | - | No. 9 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
Move | 1984 | - | No. 26 in the Radio 2 Top 30 |
Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]
Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
' 99 | ' 00 | ' 01 | ' 02 | ' 03 | ' 04 | ' 05 | ' 06 | ' 07 | ' 08 | ' 09 | ' 10 | ' 11 | ' 12 | ' 13 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disco inferno | 1158 | 1096 | 944 | 816 | 1310 | 1109 | 1452 | 802 | 1122 | 1023 | 904 | 867 | 1073 | 862 | 710 |
Shout | 941 | 1224 | 903 | 913 | 857 | 908 | 985 | 935 | 976 | 924 | 1250 | 1012 | 1196 | 1202 | 1280 |
Zing went the strings of my heart | 1832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |