Tramp (Lowell Fulson song)

"Tramp"
Single by Lowell Fulson
from the album Tramp
B-side"Pico"
ReleasedJanuary 1967 (1967-01)
Recorded1966
GenreSoul blues, funk
Length3:04
LabelKent
Songwriter(s)Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin
Lowell Fulson singles chronology
"Black Nights"
(1967)
"Tramp"
(1967)
"Make a Little Love"
(1967)

"Tramp" is a soul blues song with funk elements, written by West Coast blues artists Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin. First recorded by Fulson in 1967, it was his highest-charting single since "Reconsider Baby" in 1954.[1] It reached #56 in Canada.[2] The song was covered by Otis Redding in a duet with Carla Thomas, and this version reached No. 2 on Billboard R&B chart.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Whitburn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - March 3, 1967" (PDF).