Disco never died, it was merely driven into the closet by bad acts. So insists Earl Young, founder of the Trammps and the deep, mellow voice of “Disco Inferno,” “Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart,” ...

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 ...

James “Jimmy” Ellis, lead singer of the ‘70s soul group the Trammps, who released the classic hit “Disco Inferno,” is dead. He was 74. According to the Associated Press, the singer died at a nursing ...

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 ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" in a 1970s-era disco dance hit that's still replayed in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74. David ...

James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" the 1970s-era disco hit "Disco Inferno" that's still replayed in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74. By Associated Press ...

ROCK HILL, South Carolina (AP) - 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... ROCK HILL, ...

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 ...

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 Bass-Cauthen Funeral ...

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 ...