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Subject: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/12 at 10:12 am
American singer Jimmy Ellis, who sang on the classic hit Disco Inferno, has died at the age of 74.
Disco Inferno, which featured the catchy lyrical hook "burn, baby, burn", was a 1976 Grammy award-winning hit for The Trammps - founded in Philadelphia by Ellis and his friends.
The band also recorded Hold Back the Night and That's Where the Happy People Go.
Ellis continued to tour with The Trammps until 2010.
He died in a nursing home in South Carolina from complications from Alzheimer's, according to his family.
The Trammps enjoyed success in both the US and UK with Disco Inferno, which also featured in the disco movie Saturday Night Fever.
The band had a constantly changing line-up, but the original members played together when Disco Inferno was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: LyricBoy on 03/09/12 at 6:49 pm
I would imagine that they won't play "burn baby burn" at his funeral. :P
RIP Jimmy, you were one of the masters of the Disco Era. :)
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Howard on 03/09/12 at 7:12 pm
Disco Inferno was my all time favorite, I'll miss him RIP Mr.Ellis. :\'(
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Claybricks on 03/10/12 at 10:30 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIaM6nxeeCY
R.I.P. Jimmy
Dan
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/10/12 at 4:21 pm
I liked the Trammps and 'Disco Inferno'. Sad :\'( :\'( :\'(
R.I.P. Jimmy Ellis
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Howard on 03/10/12 at 7:43 pm
http://www.discogs.com/Trammps-Up-On-The-Hill-Mt-U/release/522066
They also had their 80's funky song Up On The Hill (Mount U.) (1983)
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/10/12 at 11:20 pm
Was he cremated?
???
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Foo Bar on 03/11/12 at 1:56 am
Was he cremated? ???
If I'd been fortunate enough to have a song named "Inferno", I'd probably have done it like this, so we're on the same side here.
RIP, Mr. Ellis, and thanks for the music.
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: LyricBoy on 03/11/12 at 7:45 am
Was he cremated?
???
Well if he were, I bet those creative folks at Memory Glass could have his ashes incorporated into glass and have a special pressing of Disco Inferno CD's.
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/12/12 at 9:19 pm
If I'd been fortunate enough to have a song named "Inferno", I'd probably have done it like this, so we're on the same side here.
RIP, Mr. Ellis, and thanks for the music.
You pony-rolled me!
>:(
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: Foo Bar on 03/16/12 at 11:51 pm
You pony-rolled me!
>:(
That's not being pony-rolled. (Really. It's Rick Astley's Whenever You Need Somebody, that other Rick Astley track that starts off exactly like the rickroll.) Do you want to see pony-rolling? This is pony-rolling...
Subject: Re: Disco Inferno singer Jimmy Ellis dies aged 74
Written By: apollonia1986 on 03/17/12 at 6:40 pm
Lord, all the greats are going. That was one of the first disco tracks I ever heard as a kid and whenever and wherever I hear it, I still have to get up and shake my booty to it.
I'll miss him.