Over fifty years ago, in Grand Junction, Tennessee, Dr. Cheairs and the Songbirds (formerly The Seven Star Juniors) began as a family-based "Quartet" group. The Songbirds have been blessed to share in ministry with Harvey Watkins & The Canton Spirituals, Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s, Rance Allen, Walter and Edwin Hawkins, Pastor Shirley Caesar, The Williams Brothers and many more world reknown gospel artists. The Songbirds are under the direction of acclaimed Gospel songwriter and producer Dr. Andrew Cheairs, Pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia, Mississippi.