{"id":3122,"date":"2012-09-06T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T17:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2012-10-20T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T15:56:35","slug":"the-tams-what-kind-of-fool-do-you-think-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3122","title":{"rendered":"The Tams – What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to the middle of another week as we all watch the summer dissipate slowly.<\/p>\n

This is cool (at least cooler) on our part of the map where summer often last a month or more past Labor Day.<\/p>\n

Now\u2019s the time of the year where the local gentry (including yours truly) get to settle in, enjoy a little bit of tourist-free elbow room and wait for the leaves to start falling.<\/p>\n

This all puts me in a mellow mood, so I thought that today\u2019s selection ought to do the same.<\/p>\n

The Tams<\/strong> are one of those groups that I knew of for years before I actually heard any of their music.<\/p>\n

Then, somewhere along the line I stumbled on one of their 45s and was compelled to dig a little deeper.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is that very 45, which struck a note with me because it was the original version of song I was already familiar with by Bill Deal and the Rhondels<\/strong> (who had their hit with it in 1969).<\/p>\n

The Tams\u2019 version of \u2018What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am\u2019 was their second hit, a Top 10 R&B selection in the fall of 1963.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Atlanta, GA the Tams were a another product of the intersection of black and white musicians that created so much amazing music in the face of segregation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)\u2019 was \u2013 like many of the Tams biggest records \u2013 written by a songwriter named Ray Whitley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whitley \u2013 like the late\u00a0Joe South<\/strong>, who also worked with the Tams and went on to much success as a performer \u2013 was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of producer Bill Lowery<\/strong>. He wrote or co-wrote several of the Tams biggest hits (Hey Girl Don\u2019t Bother Me, I\u2019ve Been Hurt, Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy) as well as working with pop singers like Tommy Roe<\/strong> and Brian Hyland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)\u2019 is a classic of low-key soul, with a fantastic, raspy vocal by lead singer Joe Pope<\/strong>, classic backing harmonies and some thick, syrupy guitar (apparently none other than the late Joe South<\/strong>, a tip of the hat to the mighty Red Kelly<\/strong> for his informative memorial post to South<\/a>) to remind you that the transmission was emanating from below the Mason-Dixon line.<\/p>\n

The Tams went on to score a number of hits through the end of the 60s, eventually placing a few songs into the Northern Soul canon, as well as becoming a huge part of the Beach Music movement in the Carolinas. If you\u2019re not hip to their sound, get out and start digging because their catalog is full of quality stuff.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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