Where the Happy People Go

Where the Happy People Go
Studio album by The Trammps
Released April 15, 1976
Studio Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre Soul, disco
Length 40:42
Label Atlantic
Producer Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Earl Young, T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Allan Felder, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
The Trammps chronology
Trammps
(1975)Trammps1975		 Where the Happy People Go
(1976)		 Disco Inferno
(1976)Disco Inferno1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Robert ChristgauB+ [2]

Where the Happy People Go is the third studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, released in 1976 through Atlantic Records.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 13 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 50 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "That's Where the Happy People Go", which peaked at No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "Disco Party", which charted at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soul Searchin' Time"Leroy Green, Norman Harris6:03
2."That's Where the Happy People Go"Ronnie Baker7:50
3."Can We Come Together"T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Allan Felder5:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Disco Party"T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray8:11
5."Ninety-Nine and a Half"Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd5:07
6."Hooked for Life"Bunny Sigler, Norman Harris, Allan Felder4:42
7."Love Is a Funky Thing"Ronnie Baker3:16

Personnel

The Trammps
  • Jimmy Ellis – lead vocal
  • Stanley Wade – vocal, bass
  • Harold Wade – vocal
  • Earl Young – vocal, drums
  • Robert Upchurch – vocal
Additional Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1976) Peaks
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 50
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 13

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[3]		 US
R&B
[3]		 US
Dan
[3]
1975 "Hooked for Life" — 70 6
1976 "That's Where the Happy People Go" 27 12 1
"Disco Party" — — 1
"Soul Searchin' Time" — 67 —
"Ninety-Nine and a Half" 105 76 8

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. "Where the Happy People Go review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Where the Happy People Go review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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