The Dixie Cups – Wikipedia

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The Dixie cups They are an American musical group, active since 1964 and originally composed of the sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins and cousin Joan Marie Johnson.

They had good popularity in the sixties thanks to the songs Chapel of Love It is IKO IKO , however, remaining in activity even in the following decades carrying out tours with a different training, with other vocalists instead of Joan Marie Johnson, who came out of the group in 1974.

Originally from New Orleans, the three original components (two sisters, Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee, and one of their cousin, Joan Marie), were discovered in 1964, by the songwriter and producer R&B Joe Jones, when they already performed together at the local level with The names of the Meltones It is Little Miss and the Muffets . [2] [3]

Their first single, Chapel of Love , he went out for the Red Bird Records, written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. Initially intended for already established groups, such as the Ronettes or The Crystals or the singer Darlene Love, [4] He immediately obtained considerable commercial success, selling over one million copies on an international scale. [2]

Soon afterwards they then published some other songs, such as People Say , You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me , Little Bell It is What Goes Up Must Go Down , being noticed again only with IKO IKO , song that resumed a popular music of New Orleans. In the same period their record company interrupted the collaboration, after publishing the album for them Chapel of Love , homonymous of their first single, e IKO IKO , in fact a re -edition of the first LP with the addition of some songs. [5]

Thus they signed a contract with the ABC Paramount Records, for which they published a further album in 1965, Riding High , and some singles, but interrupting their record activity in 1966 due to the low results obtained by the latest productions. [6]

However, the group continued the concert activity, performing live; In 1974, due to the transfer of the two sisters to New York where they undertaken the activity of models, [6] Joan Marie abandoned the formation leaving a place to Beverly Brown, who remained in the group until the early eighties, when in turn it succeeded her from Mickle. Subsequently, Athelgra Neville Gabriel became part of the group instead of Mickle. [first]

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Their popularity has been renewed in the following decades also for the numerous covers of IKO IKO made by other artists, such as Dr. Jones, Natasha England and Captain Jack, and for the use of Chapel of Love in the soundtrack of the films Full Metal Jacket (1987), The father of the bride (1991) [7] It is Four weddings and a funeral (1994), in this case played by Elton John.

On October 8, 2016, Joan Marie Johnson died due to heart failure. [7]

Album [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Collections [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • 1979 – Teen Anguish Volume One
  • 1985 – The Best of The Dixie Cups
  • 1986 – The Dixie Cups Meet The Shangri-Las
  • 1998 – The Very Best of The Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love
  • 2002 – The Complete Red Bird Recordings

Individual [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • 1964 – Chapel of Love / Ain’t That Nice
  • 1964 – People Say / Girls Can Tell
  • 1964 – You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me / No True Love
  • 1964 – Little Bell / Another Boy Like Me
  • 1965 – IKO IKO / I’m Gonna Get You Yet
  • 1965 – IKO IKO / Gee Baby Gee
  • 1965 – Gee the Moon Is Shining Bright / I’m Gonna Get You Yet
  • 1965 – Two-Way-Poc-A-Way / That’s Where It’s At
  • 1965 – What Goes Up Must Come Down / I’m Not That Kind of Girl (To Marry)
  • 1966 – Love Ain’t So Bad (After All) / Daddy Said No

Current training [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • Barbara Ann Hawkins (dal 1964)
  • Rosa Lee Hawkins (dal 1964)
  • Athelgra Neville Gabriel

Former members [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • Joan Marie Johnson (1964-1974)
  • Beverly Brown (1974-?)
  • Dale Mickle
  1. ^ a b c ( IN ) The Dixie Cups . are AllMusic , All Media Network.
  2. ^ a b ( IN ) Biography of The Dixie Cups on Allmusic.com . are Allmusic.com . URL consulted on February 5, 2017 .
  3. ^ Betrock, pp. 90-94 .
  4. ^ Bronson, p. 149 .
  5. ^ ( IN ) Discography of The Dixie Cups on Allmusic.com . are Allmusic.com . URL consulted on February 5, 2017 .
  6. ^ a b Romanowski, p. 271 .
  7. ^ a b ( IN ) Niraj Chokshi, Joan Marie Johnson, of the singing trio the Dixie Cups, dies at 72 , in New York Times , 8 October 2016. URL consulted on February 5, 2017 .

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