The Tams, sometimes later billed as 'The Joe Pope Tams' are an American

United States

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 vocal group from Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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, Georgia

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, who enjoyed their greatest chart

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 success in the 1960s, and the 1970s, and most improbably in the 1980s. Two separate versions of the group continue to perform and record. One version features original member Robert Lee Smith - 'The Original Tams with R.