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
Released	February 14, 1975
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	Soul, disco
Length	34:08
Label	Buddah
Producer	Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Earl Young
The Trammps chronology
The Legendary Zing Album (1975) Trammps (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Penguin at the Big Apple" / "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (Medley)	Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young / James F. Hanley	4:52
2.	"Pray All You Sinners"	Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker	5:24
3.	"Sixty Minute Man"	Billy Ward, Rose Marks	4:54
4.	"Scruboard"	Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young	3:12

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Tom's Song"	Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young	3:14
6.	"Rubber Band"	Ronnie Baker, Allan Felder, Norman Harris	5:14
7.	"Hold Back the Night"	Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Allan Felder, Earl Young	3:54
8.	"Penguin at the Big Apple"	Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young	3:24

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

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.

External links

• The Legendary Zing Album at Discogs (list of releases)