Tickets Go on Sale Friday for Night of Philly Soul on July 28
Tickets for a July 28 concert featuring two Philadelphia-based bands – the Trammps and Russell Thompkins Jr. & the New Stylistics – will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. Friday, June 30.
The “Night of Philly Soul” will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, at the Ocean City Music Pier and will be a perfect warmup for Ocean City’s Night in Venice on Saturday, July 29. The Night in Venice theme this year is “It’s a Philly Thing.”
The Trammps began in Philadelphia in 1972, and by mid-1975, the band became one of Atlantic Records’ hottest disco acts. In 1977, “Disco Inferno” was the top song on the international disco scene. It was part of the “Saturday Night Fever,” and it helped the Trammps win a Grammy Award. Other hits include “Zing Went the Strings Of My Heart,” a remarkable remake of a tune originally recorded by Judy Garland in 1943, “Hold Back The Night” and “Where Do We Go From Here.”
For more than 30 years, Russell Thompkins Jr. was the original lead singer of the Stylistics. His impeccable falsetto voice led the group to international fame and recognition, recording such hits as “You’re A Big Girl Now,” “Stop, Look, Listen,” “You Are Everything”, “Rockin’ Roll Baby”, “Betcha By Golly Wow”, “Break Up To Make Up”, “Stone In Love With You” and many more. The band received a Grammy nomination in 1974 for “You Make Me Feel Brand New” and a plaque on Philadelphia’s Walk of Fame in 1994.
Tickets will be available online at oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice, by calling 609-399-6111 or in-person at the Music Pier Box Office, City Hall, the Welcome Center on the Ninth Street causeway, and the 46th Street Information Center.
Ocean City, New Jersey
861 Asbury Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
(609) 399-6111
www.ocnj.us