The Dixie Hummingbirds
GospelBluesFunk/SoulR&Bgospel quartet lineagejubilee to hard gospel evolutionsoul-gospel crossoverAmerican sacred vocal tradition
The Dixie Hummingbirds are an influential American gospel music group, spanning more than 80 years from the jubilee quartet style of the 1920s, through the "hard gospel" quartet style of Gospel's golden age in the 1940s and 1950s, to the eclectic pop-tinged songs of today. Formed in 1928 in Greenville, South Carolina, by James B. Davis and his classmates, they sang in local churches until they finished school, then started touring throughout the South.
Influenced by: The Soul Stirrers, The Swan Silvertones, The Sensational Nightingales
- Active:
- 1928-present
- Scene:
- South Carolina/American South gospel circuit
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