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. The Hummingbirds inspired a number of imitators, such as Jackie Wilson and James Brown, who adapted the shouting style and enthusiastic showmanship of hard gospel to secular themes to help create soul music in the 1960s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1928
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 66616 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | When the gates swing open | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66617 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Joshua journeyed to Jericho | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66618 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Motherless children had a hard time | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66619 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Wouldn't mind dying | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66620 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | I looked down the line | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66621 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | What a time | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66622 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Little wooden church | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66623 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Sleep on, Mother | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66624 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | I'm leaning on the Lord | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66625 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | The stone that was hewed out the mountain | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66626 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Soon we'll be done with the troubles of this world | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66627 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Walking on the water | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66628 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | God's got your number | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66629 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Lord if I go | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66630 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Where was Moses? | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 66631 | 10-in. | 9/19/1939 | Moving up that shining way | Dixie Hummingbirds | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dixie Hummingbirds," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108047.
Dixie Hummingbirds. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108047.
"Dixie Hummingbirds." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: The Dixie Hummingbirds
Discogs: Dixie Hummingbirds
Allmusic: Dixie Hummingbirds
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dixie Hummingbirds - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91045289
Wikidata: The Dixie Hummingbirds - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1393884
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/158457634
MusicBrainz: The Dixie Hummingbirds - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59f465cf-5f6f-4ddf-bf3d-f56c7776d340
ISNI: 0000 0001 0675 3095 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000106753095
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.