Billboard

Rewinding the Charts: In 1977, The Trammps Brought the Heat With ‘Disco Inferno’

The dance smash was inspired by "The Towering Inferno" and later caught fire thanks to another film: "Saturday Night Fever." By Keith Caulfield THE TRAMMPS’ CLASSIC “DISCO INFERNO” — about a red-hot ...
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Trammps Frontman Jimmy Ellis of "Disco Inferno" Fame Dies

Led by Ellis' booming baritone, the Trammps had their first chart success with 1972's cover version of Judy Garland's "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," but it wasn't until the release of the 1973 ...
NJ.com

The Trammps are 'feeling the Bern' thanks to 'Disco Inferno'

Philadelphia legends The Trammps are hot again, thanks to a certain presidential hopeful using one of their biggest songs. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been heating up the campaign trail using the ...
Billboard

James T. Ellis, Singer for The Trammps, ‘Disco Inferno’ Dies at 74

James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" the 1970s-era disco hit "Disco Inferno" that's still replayed in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74. By Associated Press ...
The Independent

Jimmy Ellis: Singer with the Trammps, of 'Disco Inferno' fame

The soulful, gravelly voiced tenor Jimmy Ellis was the frontman of the Trammps, the Philadelphia-based group best remembered for the 1970s hits "Hold Back the Night" and "Disco Inferno". His emphatic ...