Where the Happy People Go

Where the Happy People Go
Where the Happy People Go
Studio album by the Trammps
Released	April 15, 1976
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco; soul;
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

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Searchin' Time"	Leroy Green, Norman Harris	6:03
2.	"That's Where the Happy People Go"	Ronnie Baker	7:50
3.	"Can We Come Together"	T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray, Allan Felder	5:33

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Disco Party"	T.G. Conway, Bruce Gray	8:11
5.	"Ninety-Nine and a Half"	Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd	5:07
6.	"Hooked for Life"	Bunny Sigler, Norman Harris, Allan Felder	4:42
7.	"Love Is a Funky Thing"	Ronnie Baker	3:16

Personnel

The Trammps

Jimmy Ellis – lead vocal
Stanley Wade – vocal, bass
Harold Wade – vocal
Earl Young – vocal, drums
Robert Upchurch – vocal

Additional Personnel

Bobby Eli, Norman Harris – guitar
Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey – keyboards
Bruce Gray – Grand piano
T.G. Conway – bass keyboards
Ronnie Baker, Michael Foreman – bass
Larry Washington – congas

Charts

Album

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

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
Year	Single	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

^ Lytle, Craig. "Where the Happy People Go review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

External links

Where the Happy People Go at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Lytle, Craig. "Where the Happy People Go review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

[CG-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.

[us-3] "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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