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The Dixie Hummingbirds

vocals (vocal quartet) · 1928 · Greenville

Formed in 1928 in Greenville (South Carolina) as the Sterling High School Quartet, the group became the Dixie Hummingbirds. It recorded for Decca, Apollo, Peacock and ABC, and lent its voice to Paul Simon in 1973.

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