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The Dixie Hummingbirds publicity photo. The Dixie Hummingbirds (formerly known as The Sterling High School Quartet) 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.
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. [1] In 1928, at age 12, he founded as the Sterling High School Quartet in Greenville, South Carolina, but took the present name the following year.
The best-known version of the song was the recording by Les Paul and Mary Ford (recorded July 9, 1955; Capitol Records catalog number 3165). This version reached #7 on the Billboard chart. It was also recorded at about the same time by Frankie Laine ( Columbia Records catalog number 40526, reaching #17 on the chart) [ 1 ] and by The Chordettes ...
The group was founded in 1942 by Barney Parks, who had formerly sung with the Dixie Hummingbirds.Julius "June" Cheeks joined the group in 1946. Cheeks left and returned to the group several times during its heyday, then left in 1960 to form his own group, "the Sensational Knights", Charles Johnson becoming the new lead singer.
The Hummingbirds signed to rooART in early 1989. They released their single "Blush" that August and it reached number one on the alternative music chart, [1] and No.19 on the ARIA singles charts. [4] Their first album, loveBUZZ, produced by Mitch Easter, was released in 1989. [5] [6] and peaked at No.31 on the ARIA album charts. [4]
The song reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100. [2] "Hummingbird" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. chart [3] and number three in Canada. [4] Harvey Brooks played bass on this song and talks about it in this interview for No Treble. [5]
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The Gospel Hummingbirds are an American gospel music group from Oakland, California.. The group was founded in the 1970s by the father of Joe A. Thomas, who now sings lead vocals and plays bass in the group.