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Track: Brown Noise Stream
Artist: Hum Humming
Album: Brown Noise Stream

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Name: Hum Humming
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Gospel group founded in 1928 by 12 year old [a=James Davis] and his classmates. It became famous when [a=Ira Tucker] became its lead singer in 1938 and the group signed with Decca Records, ushering in the hard singing style of gospel music's 1940s and 1950s golden age. The group recorded a number of albums for Peacock Records in the 1950s and 1960s. The group performed at the integrated jazz club Cafe Society in 1942, 1966 [l=Newport Jazz Festival] and backed up [a=Paul Simon] on his 1973 hit [i]Loves Me Like A Rock[/i]. Ira Tucker sang with the group until he died in 2008 from heart disease but the "Birds" still perform with new members which were guided by Tucker.

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