Despite being one of Memphis’s most long-running, prolific and popular gospel groups,The Jubilee Hummingbirds’ story remains largely unwritten. Early members O.V. Wrightand James Carr—both of whom crossed over into secular music while singing with The Jubilee Hummingbirds—have guaranteed their mention in soul circles, but for a group with such a presence in their home city, and a generous multi-label discography that began on wax in the mid-‘60s and continues to this day, the Hummingbirds are a living, breathing example of the ever-present yet invisible place that gospel music, by its very design, can occupy.