Dunham Jubilee Singers
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The Dunham Jubilee Singers were a pioneering gospel quartet based in Westfield and Bessemer. The group was led by trainer Charlie Alf "Son" Dunham, who brought bass singer Leon Patrick with him when he moved to Jefferson County from Selma around 1920.
The group performed under numerous line-ups as Dunham trained nearly a whole generation of quartet singers. Among those he tutored were Jimmie Hollingsworth, Charlie Beal, Sollie Pugh, L. V. Cox, James Allen, Arthur Lee Turner, and Sam Middlebrooks. Dunham was enormously influential in the development of quartet singing in the Birmingham District and was the first to use a tuning fork to tune his groups' voices.
References
- Seroff, Doug (October 12, 1980) "Birmingham Quarter Scrapbook" for a Quartet Reunion in Jefferson County. Birmingham City Auditorium