''Disco Inferno'' is the fourth studio
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by American soul-disco group,
The Trammps
The Trammps are an American disco and soul band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands.
The band's first major success was their 1972 cover version of " Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", while the first disc ...
, premiered in discothèques on December 29, 1976 for New Year's Eve celebrations, and then widely released through
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
in January 1977.
Commercial performance
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
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 po ...
chart, No. 11 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 1 on the
Hot Dance Club Play
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by ''Billboard'' magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the mos ...
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.
Track listing
Personnel
The Trammps
*Jimmy Ellis – lead vocal
*Robert Upchurch – lead and baritone vocal
*
Earl Young – bass vocal, drums
*Harold Wade – first tenor
*Stanley Wade – second tenor
Additional personnel
*Ronald Baker – bass
*
Norman Harris,
Bobby Eli
Bobby Eli (born Eli Tatarsky; March 2, 1946 – August 17, 2023) was an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He was a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB.
Overview
Bobby ...
,
T.J. Tindall – guitars
*
Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Carlton Kent – keyboards
*Larry Washington, Robert Cupit – congas
*Allen Felder, Ronald Tyson – tambourines
*
Barbara Ingram
Barbara Jane Ingram (February 9, 1947 – October 20, 1994) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active throughout the early 1970s until the mid-late 1980s, enjoying modest success as a backup singer for almost two decades.
...
, Carla Benson, Evette Benton – background vocals
*Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns
*Flash Wilson – The Trammps' M.C.
Charts
Album
Singles
References
External links
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1976 albums
The Trammps albums
Albums produced by Norman Harris
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
Atlantic Records albums