Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195152727 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a fine exploration of an important style and era in the history of American popular music and culture. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Zolten interestingly points out that the group, known for its hard-driving vocal sound, won its only Grammy award for their own version of "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon, whose original version had featured the Hummingbirds and brought them to a new rock-oriented audience. In this excellent history, Zolten, an assistant professor of American Studies at Penn. State, Altoona, carefully and lovingly details the almost 75-year history of the Hummingbirds, from their start in the Depression to their induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Adding to the book's success are Zolten's numerous interviews with founding members James Davis and Ira Tucker, as well as their many collaborators, which add personal depth to the book's amazing wealth of detail and
From the Jim Crow world of 1920s Greenville, South Carolina, to Greenwich Village's Café Society in the '40s, to their 1974 Grammy-winning collaboration on "Loves Me Like a Rock," the Dixie Hummingbirds have been one of gospel's most durable and inspiring groups. By 1942 they had moved north to Philadelphia and then New York where, backed by Lester Young's band, they regularly brought the house down at the city's first integrated nightclub, Café Society. When James Davis and his high-school friends starting singing together in a rural South Carolina church they could not have foreseen the road that was about to unfold before them. From there the group rode a wave of popularity that would propel them to nation-wide tours, major record contracts, collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, and a career still vibrant today as they approach their seventy
Excellent Reading I love the book! It gave me a lot of insight as to how times were in the Excellent Reading Janice H. I love the book! It gave me a lot of insight as to how times were in the 40's and beyond for African American and Gospel group as a whole. Very stimulating read.. 0's and beyond for African American and Gospel group as a whole. Very stimulating read.. Dixie Hummingbirds tom This is a very good book for those interested in learning more about this great gospel singing group. It was well written and entertaining.. "LEGENDS" according to Donnica Carter. This is my grandfather's FAVORITE group of all time. He said that it brought back so many memories and had him back down memory lane! HE LOVED IT!!