When Paul Simon wanted to evoke the jubilant sound of gospel music for “Loves Me Like a Rock,” he called on the Dixie Hummingbirds. Their back-up vocals, which featured dazzling, razor-sharp ...

The Dixie Hummingbirds, along with the Swan Silvertones and the Soul Stirrers, were the foremost popularizers of the a cappella style of gospel music that brought the spiritual music of traditional ...

James B. Davis was only 12 years old when he founded the Dixie Hummingbirds gospel singers in 1928. But it didn’t take long for him to figure out that survival required more than a great sound. During ...

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Another chapter in the story of the legendary gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds is now closed. The original group’s last replacement member, William Leon Bright, passed while on his way to a radio ...

Ira B. Tucker, lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds, performed a style of gospel music that erased boundaries between music and movement, praise and performance, style and spirit. For 70 years Tucker ...

For 70 years Tucker and the Hummingbirds gave high-energy, emotion-drenched shows designed to please the Lord and wow audiences. He was 83 The group influenced a long list of R & B artists and could ...

The last surviving member of the iconic Gospel group, The Dixie Hummingbirds, was the focus of a triple celebration at the African American Museum of Philadelphia Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Joseph ...

Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, hosted by Cece Winans, is a four part documentary series illustrating the influence of Black gospel on early rock and soul music. May 9 – The first program begins and ...

James B. Davis, 90, a singer and songwriter who at age 12 founded the Dixie Hummingbirds, an electrifying gospel group credited with inspiring such entertainers as James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the ...