- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Tams
- Creator:
- Miller, Matthew L.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-07-21
- Subject:
- Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Singers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American singers--Georgia--Atlanta
Vocal groups--Georgia--Atlanta
Tams (Musical group)
Soul musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Pope, Joseph, d. 1996
Pope, Charles, 1936-
Smith, Robert Lee, 1936-
Kay, Horace
Ashton, Floyd - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Tams. The Atlanta, Georgia-based quintet the Tams was one of a small number of black vocal groups to emerge from the Southeast in the 1960s. They became one of the core groups of the Carolinas-based "beach music" sound and have continued to release albums and tour for four decades.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/the-tams/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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