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The Whole World's Dancing
Type:	Album
Artist:	the Trammps
Cover:	The Whole World's Dancing album.jpg
Released:	February 14, 1979
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Total Experience, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Disco, soul
Length:	38:18
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Norman Harris, Bruce Gray, Ron Baker, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
Prev Title:	The Trammps III
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Mixin' It Up
Next Year:	1980

The Whole World's Dancing is the sixth studio album by American musical group the Trammps, released in 1979 through Atlantic Records.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single "Soul Bones", which peaked at No. 91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Critical reception

The New York Times noted that, "for simple-minded reductionism, these five men approach the Ramones, and presumably aren't trying to be funny or arty."^[1]

Personnel

The Trammps

• Earl Young
• Harold Wade
• Stanley Wade
• Robert Upchurch
• Jimmy Ellis

Additional Personnel

• Norman Harris, T.J. Tindall, Bobby Eli, Harold Wade, Charles Ellerbee, Larry Washington, Carlton Kent, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, Bruce Gray, Eugene Curry, Ronald Baker, Earl Young, James Walker, Keith Benson, Jimmy Williams, Mikki Farrow  - rhythm section
• Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson  - background vocals
• Artie Williams, Harold Watkins, Rueben Henderson  - horn section
• Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns (except on "Soul Bones", horns by Paul Schorr & His Strings and Maurice Spears & His Horns)
• Stevie Wonder  - harmonica on "Soul Bones"

Charts

Album

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US R&B	US Dan
1978	"Soul Bones"	91	31
1979	"Teaser"	-	75

Notes and References

1. News: Rockwell . John . The Pop Life: Four new disks by established black artists . The New York Times . 8 June 1979 . C12.
2. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3AThe%20Trammps&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=The%20Trammps US Charts > The Trammps]. Billboard. 25 May 2017.