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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 27 > Gospel singer Ira Tucker, 83, led the Dixie Hummingbirds

Gospel singer Ira Tucker, 83, led the Dixie Hummingbirds

By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
June 27, 2008

Ira Tucker, a little man with a giant vocal range and acrobatic stage antics who as lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds helped propel gospel music toward a harder-edged, more emotive style, died Tuesday in Philadelphia. He was 83.

The cause was heart failure, his son, Ira Jr., said, adding....

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