DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS, THE. Gospel quartet (orig. 1928 in Greenville, South Carolina; fl. through the 1970s). The male gospel quartet was formed by
James Davis
, a childhood friend of folksinger
Joshua (Josh
) White
. By the early 1940s the group's personnel had stabilized and consisted of Davis (baritone),
Ira Tucker
(lead singer, joined in 1939),
Beachey Thompson
(tenor, joined in 1943), and
William Bobo
(basso, joined in 1939?). Tucker and Bobo were...
