The Tams

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The Tams was an American vocal group that enjoyed mostly the United States in the 1960s and the UK in the 1970s .

Band history

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Charles Pope († 2013), Joseph Pope, Robert Smith and Horace Key already knew each other from school in Atlanta , Georgia . To escape the poverty in the ghetto, they decided to make a career with black music . Floyd Ashton joined them.

They worked on their stage appearance with great perseverance, rehearsing their songs incessantly, slowly working their way from small pubs to big clubs and finally got a record deal in 1962 . Untie Me was the name of their first hit single, which reached number 60 on the US charts .

From 1964 they were regularly represented in the charts and also impressed with their colorful outfits. They last appeared in the mid-1980s.

Discography

Albums

  • 1964: Hey Girl Don't Bother Me!
  • 1964: Presenting
  • 1966: Time for the Tams
  • 1968: A Little More Soul
  • 1969: A Portrait of the Tams
  • 1970: Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
  • 1978: The Mighty Mighty Tams
  • 1983: Beach Music from the Tams
  • 1999: Steppin 'Out in the Light
  • 2000: The Tams Live at CT’s
  • 2002: Forever Tams
  • 2005: Comin 'at Cha

Compilations

  • 1968: A Little More Soul
  • 1970: The Best of the Tams
  • 1981: Greatest Hits (Beach Party) Volume One
  • 1982: Precious Moments
  • 1982: Reminiscing
  • 1983: Atlanta Soul Connection
  • 1987: The Best of the Tams
  • 1988: 18 greatest hits
  • 1990: The 15 Greatest Hits
  • 1994: Tams & Impressions - Greatest Hits (with The Impressions )
  • 1995: The Best of the Tams
  • 1996: Dancing Mood
  • 1997: More of Tams & Impressions Greatest Hits (with The Impressions)
  • 1998: The Best Of… Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
  • 2002: Don't Bother Me
  • 2003: Hey girls

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1962 Untie Me
Time for the Tams 		- US60 (7 weeks)
US
1963 What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
Presenting 		- US9 (14 weeks)
US
1964 You Lied to Your Daddy
Presenting 		- US70 (5 weeks)
US
It's All Right (You're Just in Love)
Presenting 		- US79 (3 weeks)
US
Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
Hey Girl Don't Bother Me! 		UK1 (17 weeks)
UK 		US41 (8 weeks)
US
Silly Little Girl
Hey Girl Don't Bother Me! 		- US87 (1 week)
US
1968 Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
A Little More Soul 		UK32 (7 weeks)
UK 		US61 (6 weeks)
US
1987 There Ain't Nothing Like Shaggin '
The Best of the Tams 		UK21 (7 weeks)
UK 		US-US
1988 My Baby Shure Can Shag
The Best of the Tams 		UK91 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

More singles

  • 1961: Vacation Time
  • 1962: Deep Inside Me
  • 1962: Disillusioned
  • 1963: You'll Never Know
  • 1963: Find Another Love
  • 1965: Why Did My Little Girl Cry
  • 1965: Unlove You
  • 1965: Concrete Jungle
  • 1965: I've Been Hurt
  • 1966: Got to Get Used to a Broken Heart
  • 1966: Holding On
  • 1966: Shelter
  • 1967: Breaking Up
  • 1967: Mary, Mary, Row Your Boat
  • 1967: A Little More Soul
  • 1968: Trouble Maker
  • 1969: Sunshine, Rainbow, Blue Sky, Brown Eyed Girl
  • 1969: Love, Love, Love
  • 1970: Too Much Foolin 'Around
  • 1971: The Tams Medley
  • 1972: Numbers
  • 1973: Don't You Just Know It
  • 1978: This Precious Moment
  • 1978: Tell You for the Last Times
  • 1980: You Lied to Your Daddy
  • 1982: Tams Tunes
  • 1983: My Baby Sure Can Shag
  • 1983: Making True Love
  • 1992: Down and Dirty Love (feat.Joe Pope)

literature

  • Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book of American Singing Groups. A History 1940–1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, p. 461.

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Singles UK

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