The Legendary Zing Album

The Legendary Zing Album is the debut studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, released in 1975 through Buddah Records.

The Legendary Zing Album
Studio album by
The Trammps
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1975
StudioSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GenreSoul, disco
Length34:08
LabelBuddah
ProducerRonnie Baker, Norman Harris, Earl Young
The Trammps chronology
The Legendary Zing Album
(1975)		 Trammps
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

Commercial performance

The album consists of tracks recorded in the early 1970s with the Philadelphia Soul sound. The album features the singles "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", which peaked at No. 17 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Pray All You Sinners", which peaked at #34 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Hold Back the Night", which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Legacy

The track "Rubber Band" was 30 years later sampled and used by rap artist The Game for his 2005 hit "Hate It Or Love It", and again the same year by Mary J. Blige on her song "MJB Da MVP", which actually sampled "Hate It Or Love It". The full song can also be heard in the Grand Theft Auto V game on The Low Down radio station.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Penguin at the Big Apple" / "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (Medley)Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young / James F. Hanley4:52
2."Pray All You Sinners"Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker5:24
3."Sixty Minute Man"Billy Ward, Rose Marks4:54
4."Scruboard"Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young3:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Tom's Song"Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young3:14
6."Rubber Band"Ronnie Baker, Allan Felder, Norman Harris5:14
7."Hold Back the Night"Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Allan Felder, Earl Young3:54
8."Penguin at the Big Apple"Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young3:24

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[3]		 US
R&B
[3]
1972 "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" 64 17
"Sixty Minute Man" 108 —
1973 "Pray All You Sinners" — 34
1975 "Hold Back the Night" 35 10
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References
  1. Hamilton, Andrew. "The Legendary Zing Album review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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