On This Day In Black History Oct 23 - R&B SINGER BARBARA ANN HAWKINS (THE DIXIE CUPS) BORN October 23, 1940
The Dixie Cups (formerly known as The Meltones) are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits including their 1964 million-selling singles "Chapel of Love", "People Say", and "Iko Iko".
Career
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.[1] The trio consisted of sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins, plus their cousin Joan Marie Johnson, from New Orleans.
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