Dixie Hummingbirds

Dixie Hummingbirds The Dixie Hummingbirds have had a long career and greatly influenced other popular African American gospel vocal groups, as well as mainstream pop vocal groups from Motown, and soul singers such as Jackie Wilson. The group was formed by lead vocalist James B. Davis in Greenville, South Carolina, in the late 1920s when he was still a high school student, to perform locally in churches. In the later 1930s, Davis recruited two singers from another gospel group, the Heavenly…