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The Dixie Hummingbirds

Index The Dixie Hummingbirds

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. [1]

55 relations: ABC Records, African Americans, Amazing Grace, Apollo Records (1944), Baltimore, Billboard charts, Café Society, Claude Jeter, Decca Records, Don Robey, Gospel music, Gotham Records, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album, Grammy Hall of Fame, Great Migration (African American), Greenville, South Carolina, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Ira Tucker, Irving Berman, Jackie Wilson, Jacksonville, Florida, James B. Davis (musician), James Brown, Jerry Zolten, John Hammond (producer), Jubilee quartet, Lester Young, List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D), Loves Me Like a Rock, Mahalia Jackson, Manor Records, National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship, New York City, Okeh Records, Paul Owens (gospel singer), Paul Simon, Peacock Records, Philadelphia, Regis Records, Slavery, Soul music, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Stevie Wonder, Texas, The New York Times, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, United States, ..., University of Hawaii, Up (TV channel), Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Walter Kahn, Washington, D.C.. Expand index (5 more) »

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Amazing Grace

"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807).

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Apollo Records (1944)

Apollo Records was a record company and label founded in New York City by Hy Siegel and Ted Gottlieb in 1944.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Café Society

Café Society was a New York City nightclub open from 1938 to 1948 at Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and managed by Barney Josephson.

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Claude Jeter

Claude A. Jeter (October 26, 1914 – January 6, 2009) was an African American gospel music singer.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Don Robey

Don Deadric Robey (November 1, 1903 – June 16, 1975) - accessed May 2010 was an American record label executive, songwriter and record producer.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Gotham Records

Gotham Records was an American record label formed by Sam Goode (Goody) and Ivin Ballen in New York City in 1946.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance was awarded from 1969 to 1977.

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011.

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Grammy Hall of Fame

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

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Great Migration (African American)

The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.

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Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville (locally) is the largest city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Ira Tucker

Ira B. Tucker (May 17, 1925June 24, 2008) was the lead singer with the American gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds.

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Irving Berman

Irving Berman, was a Newark, New Jersey businessman, record company owner, and nightclub impresario.

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Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American soul singer and performer.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Florida and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.

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James B. Davis (musician)

James Bodie Davis (June 6, 1916 – April 17, 2007) was an American gospel music singer and a founder of The Dixie Hummingbirds, one of the longest-lasting and most influential groups in gospel music.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Jerry Zolten

Jerry Zolten is an American writer, advocator for, and producer of American roots music.

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John Hammond (producer)

John Henry Hammond II (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic from the 1930s to the early 1980s.

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Jubilee quartet

Jubilee quartets were popular African-American religious musical groups in the first half of the 20th century.

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Lester Young

Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.

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List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D)

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Loves Me Like a Rock

"Loves Me Like a Rock" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer.

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Manor Records

Manor Records was a jazz record label founded in the mid 1940s.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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National Heritage Fellowship

The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Okeh Records

Okeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918.

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Paul Owens (gospel singer)

Paul Owens (July 27, 1924 – October 17, 2002) was one of the foremost artists in African American gospel music, performing with the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Swan Silvertones and the Sensational Nightingales.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Peacock Records

Peacock Records was an American record label, started in 1949 by Don Robey in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Regis Records

Regis Records is a British classical music record label based in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset which is mainly known for re-releases out of print recordings by other, sometimes defunct, British independent labels.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg is the most populous city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, and the 12th-largest city by population in the state.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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There Goes Rhymin' Simon

There Goes Rhymin' Simon is the third solo studio album by American musician Paul Simon rush-released on May 5, 1973.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaiʻi system (formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH) is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the State of Hawaii in the United States.

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Up (TV channel)

Up TV (short for "Uplifting Entertainment" and stylized as UP), formerly GMC TV and originally Gospel Music Channel, is an American digital cable and satellite television network that was founded to have a focus on gospel music.

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Vocal Group Hall of Fame

The Vocal Group Hall of Fame (VGHF) was organized by Tony Butala, also the founder (and now only surviving original member) of the Lettermen, to honor outstanding vocal groups throughout the world.

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Walter Kahn

Walter "Kandor" Kahn (April 9, 1948 – June 15, 2013) was an American DJ and record producer.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dixie_Hummingbirds

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