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 ...

Image Source: The Trammps The 1970s was a turbulent decade in the U.S., marked by the Vietnam War, the Iranian Revolution, Watergate and the Oil Crisis. But it was also the Golden Age of Disco, a ...

Earl Young doesn’t say “hello” when he answers the phone. Instead, he sings three simple words — “Burn, baby, burn” – and quickly conveys the message that he and The Trammps, a vocal group he helped ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Singer Jimmy ...

Jimmy Ellis, the lead singer of The Trammps, the music group that popularized the 1970s anthem "Disco Inferno," has died. He was 74. Ellis died in a Rock Hill, S.C. nursing home of complications from ...

ROCK HILL, South Carolina — James T. Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" in a 1970s-era disco hit that's still replayed in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74. David Turner of ...

"Unsung," the popular TV One docu-series, recently won its third consecutive NAACP Image Award, and the show continues its tradition of telling some of the most compelling stories in the annals of ...

David Turner of Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home in Rock Hill, S.C., said the frontman for The Trammps died Thursday at a nursing home in the city. A cause of death was not immediately known. The Trammps ...