The Dixie Cups

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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 "

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The Very Best of the Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love

Chapel of Love

The Complete Red Bird Recordings

The Dixie Cups' Another Boy Like Mine

The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time

Full Metal Jacket (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

All Grown Up

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Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Full Metal Jacket

The Very Best Of the Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love

Chapel of Love (Sun Records 70th / Mono / Remastered 2022)

Full Metal Jacket

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The Ultimate Sixties Collection

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