List of Gospel groups
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This is a List of Gospel groups that performed in the Birmingham District:
Early groups
- Foster Singers (R. C. Foster, 1915, 1919–1950s)
- Golden Leaf Quartet (1920s–40s)
- Dolomite Jubilee Singers (–1922)
- Rolling Mill Four (–1925)
- Woodward's Big Four (1922–1926)
- Dunham Jubilee Singers (1920s)
Groups of the Golden Age
- Bessemer Sunset Four
- Birmingham Jubilee Singers (1926–)
- Birmingham Silver Five (Hobdy Moorer, 1950s)
- Blind Boys of Alabama (Talladega)
- Delta Aires (1940s–current)
- Dunham Jubilee Singers (Son Dunham)
- Ensley Jubilee Singers
- Famous Blue Jay Singers (Clarence Parnell, Silas Steele, 1926–1950s)
- Four Great Wonders
- Four Eagles
- Golden Eagles (Hobdy Moorer, 1950s)
- Gospel Harmonettes (Dorothy Love Coates, 1940s–60s)
- Gospel Wonders (Hobdy Moorer, 1950s)
- Heavenly Gospel Singers
- Johnson Sisters
- Jubalairs
- Jubileans
- Kings of Harmony (Wenonah)
- Pillars (Hobdy Moorer, current)
- Ravizee Singers
- Red Rose Quartet (Bessemer)
- Sterling Jubilees / CIO Singers (1929-1999)
- Shelby County Big Four
- Skylarks
- Thrasher Brothers
- Victor's Quartet
Later ensembles
Anthologies
- Birmingham Quartet Anthology: Jefferson County, Alabama (1926-1953) (1980) Clanka Lanka Records CL144001/002 (includes liner notes by Doug Seroff)
- Birmingham Boys: Jubilee Gospel Quartets from Jefferson County, Alabama (1982) Alabama Traditions
References
- Seroff, Doug (October 12, 1980) "Birmingham Quarter Scrapbook" for a Quartet Reunion in Jefferson County. Birmingham City Auditorium
- McCallum, Brenda (1988) "Songs of Work and Songs of Worship: Sanctifying Black Unionism in the City of Steel." New York Folklore No. 14, pp. 12-14
- Darden, Robert (2004) People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. Continuum International ISBN 0826414362
- Seroff, Doug. "On the Battlefield: Gospel Quartets in Jefferson County, Alabama." in Geoffrey Haydon and Dennis Marks, eds. (1985) Repurcussions: A Celebration of African-American Music. London: Century Publishing
- Young, Alan (1997) Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life. Oxford: University Press of Mississippi . SBN 087805944X
- Willett, Henry. "'Birmingham Sound' had profound influence on American Popular Music". Alabama Arts. [1] - accessed May 5, 2006
- Garrison, Greg (January 19, 2008) "Old-time gospel groups keep a capella sound alive." The Birmingham News
- Seroff, Doug (2015) To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition. University Press of Mississippi ISBN 9781496802484