The Dixie Cups

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The Dixie Cups are an American 1960s girl group from New Orleans best known for their hit songs "Chapel of Love" and "Iko Iko."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Dixie Cups canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
girl group ⓘ
musical trio ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Mel-Tones ⓘ
associatedAct Ellie Greenwich ⓘ
Jeff Barry ⓘ
Jerry Leiber ⓘ
Mike Stoller ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
bestKnownFor hit single Chapel of Love reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964 ⓘ
popularizing the song Iko Iko in the pop charts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfProminence 1960s ⓘ
era Brill Building pop era ⓘ
linked to: Brill Building pop
formedIn New Orleans ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin New Orleans rhythm and blues tradition ⓘ
hasNotableMemberRole Barbara Ann Hawkins – lead vocals ⓘ
Joan Marie Johnson – vocals ⓘ
Rosa Lee Hawkins – vocals ⓘ
hasRecording Chapel of Love (1964 single) ⓘ
linked to: Chapel of Love

Chapel of Love (album) ⓘ
linked to: Chapel of Love

Iko Iko (1965 single) ⓘ
People Say (1964 single) ⓘ
influencedBy New Orleans R&B ⓘ
New Orleans gospel music ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
member Barbara Ann Hawkins ⓘ
Joan Marie Johnson ⓘ
Rosa Lee Hawkins ⓘ
notableChartAchievement Chapel of Love displaced the Beatles from number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
notableSongType wedding song ⓘ
notableWork Chapel of Love ⓘ
Iko Iko ⓘ
People Say ⓘ
You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me ⓘ
originalLineup Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson ⓘ
placeOfOrigin New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
recordLabel Red Bird Records ⓘ
songTheme New Orleans Mardi Gras chant in Iko Iko ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
styleCharacteristic girl group sound of the early 1960s ⓘ
vocalArrangement three-part harmony ⓘ
vocalRole lead and backing vocals by group members ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapel of Love → performer → The Dixie Cups ⓘ
Chapel of Love → originallyPerformedBy → The Dixie Cups ⓘ
Ain't That Nice → performer → The Dixie Cups ⓘ
Ain't That Nice → artist → The Dixie Cups ⓘ
Ain't That Nice → recordedBy → The Dixie Cups ⓘ
Ain't That Nice → performedBy → The Dixie Cups ⓘ