Ira Tucker
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Ira B. Tucker was the lead singer with the American gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds. He was with The Dixie Hummingbirds for 70 years, from 1938, when he joined at the age of 13, until his death fr
Tucker in a publicity photo with The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds
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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 gold
Ira Tucker
…Ira B. Tucker (May 17, 1925 – June 24, 2008) was the lead singer with the American gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds. He was with The Dixie Hummingbirds for 70 years, from 1938, when he joined at the age of 13, until his death from cardiovascular disease on June 24…
The Dixie Hummingbirds in 2004
The Dixie Hummingbirds publicity photo from the 1950s or 1960s.
Pennsylvania state historical marker for the group in Philadelphia