Ira Tucker Jr. thanks Stevie Wonder for his support of the Dixie Hummingbirds during a phone call with the superstar. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) The Dixie Hummingbirds are featured in a mural at 15th and ...

On Tuesday, a new state historic marker was unveiled in Philadelphia, at 23rd and Girard Avenue, outside the former home of James B. Davis. He founded the Dixie Hummingbirds, one of the most ...

CENTER CITY – What better way to celebrate a global musical career, the anniversary of a ministry for those often left behind and the Founder’s Day of a neighborhood church than to throw a family ...

Philadelphia will soon be home to a new historical marker commemorating the legacy of the gospel sextet known as the Dixie Hummingbirds. The details about the events are still being finalized, but it ...

MOUNT AIRY >> Securing an historical marker, initiating an educational initiative and chronicling oral history to ensure it is preserved are three things on the plate of the Rev. Joe Williams. As the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...