James Davis

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James Davis

voc, perc, dr, 1917-2007 US
Singer of R&B/Soul
A.k.a. James Bodie Davis

James Davis (born June 6, 1916 – died April 17, 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) was an American gospel music singer. He founded The Dixie Hummingbirds when he was 12 years old in 1928. As the leader of the group Davis laid out certain rules such as no women in the group's car except for wives of the members, no whiskey etc. Overall he lived an exemplary life as evidenced by the music his group performed.

Instruments

Vocals
Percussion
Drums

Genres

R&B/Soul
Blues
World
Rock

Plays With

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Shrink

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

Discogs

iTunes

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.