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Artist Biography For The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups Are An American Pop Music Girl Group Of The 1960s. They Are Best Known For A String Of Hits Including Their 1964 Million-Selling Record "Chapel Of Love" "People Say" And "Iko Iko". Original Group Members Barbara Ann Hawkins Born October 23 1943 Joan Marie Johnson January 15 1944 – October 5 2016 Rosa Lee Hawkins Born September 24 1944 The Group Hit The Top Of The Charts In 1964 With "Chapel Of Love " A Song That Phil Spector Jeff Barry And Ellie Greenwich Had Originally Written For The Ronettes. The Trio Consisted Of Sisters Barbara Ann And Rosa Lee Hawkins Plus Their Cousin Joan Marie Johnson From New Orleans. They First Sang Together In Grade School. Originally They Were To Be Called Little Miss And The Muffets But Were Named The Dixie Cups Just Prior To Their First Release. In 1963 The Trio Decided To Pursue A Professional Career In Music And Began Singing Locally As The Meltones. Within A Year Joe Jones A Successful Singer In His Own Right With The Top Five 1960 Single "You Talk Too Much " Became Their Manager. After Working With Them For Five Months Jones Took Them To New York Where Record Producers/songwriters Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller Signed Them To Their New Red Bird Records. The Dixie Cups Debut Single Was The Release "Chapel Of Love " Which Became Their Biggest Hit Reaching Number One On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In June 1964. "Chapel Of Love" Sold Over One Million Copies And Was Awarded A Gold Disc. In 1987 The Song "Chapel Of Love" Appeared On The Full Metal Jacket Soundtrack And In The 1991 Film Father Of The Bride. The Hit Single By The Dixie Cups Was Ranked #279 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. The Group Also Had Several Other Hits Including "People Say" #12 1964 "You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me" #39 1964 "Little Bell" #51 1965 And "Iko Iko" #20 1965 . "Iko Iko" A New Orleans Traditional Song Was Recorded In 1964 But Later Was Released As A Single Early In 1965. Barbara Hawkins Had Heard Her Grandmother Sing The Song First Recorded In 1953 As "Jock-A-Mo" By James "Sugar Boy" Crawford. Barbara Hawkins "We Were Just Clowning Around With It During A Session Using Drumsticks On Ashtrays. We Didn't Realize That Jerry And Mike Had The Tapes Running". Leiber And Stoller Overdubbed A Bassline And Percussion And Released It. It Was The Dixie Cups' Fifth And Last Hit. In 1965 The Dixie Cups Moved To The ABC-Paramount Record Label Before A Recording Hiatus In 1966 Temporarily Halted Their Careers. In 1974 The Hawkins Sisters Moved From New York To New Orleans Where They Both Began Successful Modelling Careers. The Hawkins Also Worked As Make-Up Artists. The Dixie Cups Continued To Tour As A Trio With Another New Orleans Singer Beverly Brown Replacing Joan Johnson Who Became A Jehovah's Witness And Left Her Music Career. Brown Who Had Recorded Two Solo Discs In The Early 1960s Stayed As The Third Member Until The Early 80s When She Became Ill And Was Replaced By Dale Mickle. The Dixie Cups Continue To Perform And Make Personal Appearances. The Current Line-Up Consists Of The Same Hawkins Sisters Along With Athelgra Neville Sister Of The Singing Neville Brothers. On August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina Swept Through Louisiana Flooding And Flattening Most Of New Orleans And Displacing Barbara And Rosa Hawkins Who Subsequently Relocated To Florida. Joan Johnson Relocated To Texas. Two Years Later In April 2007 The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame Honored The Dixie Cups For Their Contributions To Louisiana Music By Inducting Them Into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. Discography Singles
"Chapel Of Love" B/w "Ain't That Nice" 1964 Red Bird Records / U.S. Chart Billboard #1 UK #22 Canada RPM #1
"People Say" B/w "Girls Can Tell" 1964 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Chart Billboard #12 8 R&B #7 Canada RPM #7
"You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me" B/w "No True Love" 1964 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Chart Billboard #39 Canada RPM #20
"Little Bell" B/w "Another Boy Like Mine" 1964 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Chart Billboard #51 8 R&B #21
"Iko Iko" B/w "I'm Gonna Get You Yet" 1965 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Chart Billboard #20 8 R&B #20 UK # 23 Canada RPM #26
"Iko Iko" B/w "Gee Baby Gee" 1965 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Chart Billboard #20
"Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright" B/w "I'm Gonna Get You Yet" 1965 Red Bird Records/ U.S. Billboard #102
"Two-Way-Poc-A-Way" B/w "That's Where It's At" 1965 ABC-Paramount Records /Written By Harold Fedison
"What Goes Up Must Come Down" B/w "I'm Not The Kind Of Girl To Marry " 1965 ABC-Paramount Records
"A-B-C Song" B/w "That's What The Kids Said" 1965 ABC-Paramount Records
"Love Ain't So Bad After All " B/w "Daddy Said No" 1966 ABC Records Albums
Chapel Of Love 1964 Red Bird Records/ Billboard 200 #112
Iko Iko 1965 Red Bird Records Re-Packaged Album That Is The Same As Their Debut With A Different Album Cover Under The Title Iko Iko Riding High 1965 ABC-Paramount Records
Doing It Our Way 2011 Iri Records Compilations
Teen Anguish Volume One 1979 Charly Records
The Best Of The Dixie Cups 1985 Back-Trac Records
The Dixie Cups Meet The Shangri-Las 1986 Charly Records
The Very Best Of The Dixie Cups Chapel Of Love 1998 Collectables Records
The Complete Red Bird Recordings 2002 Varèse Sarabande Records

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