The Dixie Cups

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The Dixie Cups is an American vocal trio that was also very successful internationally in the early 1960s.

history

The sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson were among the first representatives who established the so-called "girl groups sound" in America at the beginning of the 1960s. In 1963 they began to pursue a professional singing career. Shortly thereafter, they took part in a talent competition in New Orleans , where Joe Jones became aware of them. He himself had a bestseller with You Talk Too Much in 1960 and has now become the manager of the band. He had them sung to the producer and songwriter duo Leiber / Stoller , who immediately signed the attractive trio and gave them the name The Dixie Cups .

As a first song, the formation recorded the song Chapel of Love , which was written by Phil Spector , Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich . The title reached number 1 in the US singles chart.

The Dixie Cups were in the charts until 1965 . When their sixth single, Gee the Moon Is Shining Bright , didn't make it to the Billboard charts, the Red Bird record company canceled the group, which then got a record deal with ABC Records . In 1965 and 1966 four more singles were released, but none of them were successful.

The song Chapel of Love was included in the list of the 500 songs that shaped rock 'n' roll the most, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . It was also used in Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1964 Chapel of Love - - US112 (5 weeks)
US 		-
First published: August 1964
Producers: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

more publishments

  • 1965: Iko Iko
  • 1965: Riding High
  • 1979: Teen Anguish Volume One
  • 2011: Doing It Our Way

Compilations

  • 1985: The Best of the Dixie Cups
  • 1986: The Dixie Cups Meet the Shangri-Las ( split album , with The Shangri-Las )
  • 1988: Lil 'Bit of Gold (mini album)
  • 1998: Chapel of Love: The Very Best of the Dixie Cups
  • 2002: The Complete Red Bird Recordings

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1964 Chapel of Love
Chapel of Love 		DE48 (1 week)
DE 		UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		US1 (13 weeks)
US 		-
First published: April 1964
No. 284 on the Rolling Stone 500 (list 2010)
Authors: Jeff Barry , Ellie Greenwich , Phil Spector
Original: Darlene Love , 1963
People Say
Chapel of Love 		- - US12 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1964
Authors: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me
 - - US39 (6 weeks)
US 		-
First published: October 1964
Authors: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
Little Bell
 - - US51 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B21 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1964
Authors: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
1965 Iko Iko
Iko Iko 		- UK23 (8 weeks)
UK 		US20 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B20 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1965
Author: James Crawford
Original: Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters , 1953
based on the folk song Jock-A-Mo

more publishments

  • 1965: Gee the Moon Is Shining Bright (released June)
  • 1965: Two-Way-Poc-a-Way (release: June)
  • 1965: What Goes Up, Must Come Down (release: August)
  • 1965: ABC Song (released December)
  • 1966: Love Ain't So Bad (After All) (released September)

literature

  • Jay Warner: The Billboard Book of American Singing Groups. A History 1940–1990. Billboard Books, New York City 1992, pp. 363f.

swell

  1. ↑ For more information on this title, see Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Billboard Publications, New York City 1992, p. 149.
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  5. ↑ RS500 Songs (List 2010)

Web links

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