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In the beginning, after the word, before rock 'n' roll, and before there was rap, hip-hop, disco, punk, funk, metal, soul, Motown, rock-a-billy, before bebop, doo-wop, and the big band swing, there was the Dixie Hummnigbirds. The mighty Dixie Hummingbirds. They sang through the Great Depression, the terms of thirteen presidents, four major wars, five generations of Americans, and seven decades of the twentieth century. The Dixie Hummingbirds. They personify perseverance, talent, and dedication. Now, the iron men of gospel are celebrating their seventy-fifth anniversary. The Dixie Hummingbirds are indeed an American institution. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the gentlemen of song – the legendary Dixie Hummingbirds.
– Isaac Hayes (Liner notes from The Dixie Hummingbirds' 75th Anniversary CD, "Diamond Jubilation")
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