''Disco Inferno'' is the fourth studio
album
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by American soul-disco group,
The Trammps, released in 1976 through
Atlantic Records
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.
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 chart, No. 11 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 1 on the
Hot Dance Club Play 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
*Harold Wade – first tenor
*Stanley Wade – second tenor
Additional personnel
*Ronald Baker – bass
*Earl Young – drums
*
Norman Harris,
Bobby Eli
Bobby Eli is an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB.
Overview
A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and arranger, Eli ...
,
T.J. Tindall Thomas Joshua Tindall (1950 – January 26, 2016) was an American guitarist. He was a member of MFSB and played on 38 gold and platinum funk and R&B records and more than 30 hits produced by Gamble and Huff in the 1970s and 1980s. Tindall is conside ...
– guitars
*
Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Carlton Kent – keyboards
*Larry Washington, Robert Cupit – congas
*Allen Felder, Ronald Tyson – tambourines
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Barbara Ingram, 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