ROCK HILL, S.C. - James T. "Jimmy" 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 ...

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 ...

DECATUR — In the 1970s, drummer Earl Young and his band, The Trammps, were synonymous with the disco sound in America. Young had been one of the major creators of the genre that came to be defined as ...

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 ...

Get ready to burn, baby, burn in Syracuse. The Trammps featuring Earl Young will headline the rescheduled Discofest 2016 concert this Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Center of Progress Building at the New ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- James T. Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" in a 1970s-era disco hit that's still played in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74. Ellis, frontman for The ...