Birthday remembrance to Jimmy Ellis, (November 15, 1937 - March 8, 2012). Best known as lead singer with, The Trammps. The Trammps began in Philadelphia in 1972 featuring vocalist, Jimmy Ellis, Harold Doc Wade, Stanley Wade and Earl Young and traveled with as many as 11 members, culled from the ranks of the busiest and best musicians, many of whom also played for Gamble and Huffs Philly International and later for Vince Montanas Salsoul Orchestra. The Trammps first recording, Zing Went the Strings Of My Heart, a remarkable remake of a tune originally recorded by Judy Garland in 1943, was recorded at the legendary Sigma Sound Studios in 1972 and was a bona fide chart hit, reaching #17 on the R&B/ Soul chart , #64 on the Billboard pop & #29 in the UK charts . Within the next few years, Buddha Records recorded several of the Trammps hits, including Hold Back The Night which reached #40 on the Billboard pop charts and #10 on the R&B/ Soul charts , plus their biggest hit in the UK at #5, Where Do We Go From Here, reaching #44 on the US R&B/Soul charts in 1974. In mid-1975, the Trammps became one of Atlantic Records hottest Disco recording acts. Their first album with Atlantic yielded tracks , Hooked for Life and Where the Happy People Go which became their biggest American pop hit to date reaching #27 and continues to rank as one of the most recognizable songs of its era. Other Trammps hits on Atlantic included, Disco Party, Body Contact, Hooked for Life, I Fell Like Ive Been Livin (On The Dark Side Of The Moon), The Night The Lights Went Out, and Soul Bones, which features a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder. Their signature song, Disco Inferno was featured in the soundtrack to, Saturday Night Fever & reached, #16 in the UK, #9 R&B /Soul, #11 Billboard Pop. On March 8, 2012, Jimmy Ellis died at a nursing home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, at the age of 74. The cause of death was not immediately known but he suffered from Alzheimers disease. Earl Young still records and tours as, The Trammps and has a new single called, Get Your Loving https://youtube/watch?v=cz6dfqERkNg in which im sure Jimmy would have been pleased as the fantastic sound lives on. GARY
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:39:44 +0000
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