This April 28 event will feature Georgia Music Hall of Famers on both sides of the Town Center stage. Billy Joe Royal and The Tams, featuring Robert Lee Smith, will take to the stage beginning at 7 p.m. to perform their time-transcending hits while other Georgia Music Hall of Famers will become part of a permanent fixture to be affixed to the back wall of the 1,500 square foot stage. This spring concert will celebrate the unveiling of a mural created especially for the Buford Highway-facing rear wall of the amphitheater stage.
Billy Joe Royal, best known for his 1965 hit “Down in the Boondocks,” also enjoyed a successful country career in the 1980s. Among his other hits are “I’ve Got to Be Somebody,” “Cherry Hill Park,” “I Knew You When,” “Burned Like a Rocket,” and “Out of Sight and On My Mind.”
The Tams, so named for the hats the band wore on stage in the early 1960s, are world-renowned for their 1980s “beach music” sound. The Tams’ hits include “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy,” “Untie Me,” “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am),” and “Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me.”
