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(Fnac Music) 14 tracks Although they were originally from New Orleans, the Dixie-Cups rose... more

DIXIE CUPS: Girls Can Tell - Rock Originals Collection Vol.20 (CD)

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Although they were originally from New Orleans, the Dixie-Cups rose to fame on a New York label: Red Bird. They were discovered by Joe Jones, famous for his own records "You Talk Too Much" and "California Sun". They have the chance to record "Chapel Of Love", which was written by Phil Spector and two of his usual talented collaborators, Ellie Greenwich and her husband Jeff Barry. But he didn't believe in the song enough, and recorded an unconvincing version of it with the Ronettes, which wasn't even released as a single. It's one of his rare but unfortunate failures!

Ellie and Jeff, to whom Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and George Goldner, the founders of the Red Bird, Tiger and Blue Cat companies, had practically carte blanche, entrusted the song to the three young black singers. A happy initiative. It's the 'Jackpot' Nr.1! Barbara-Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins and Joan-Marie Johnson went straight into the history of girl groups.

Since 1964, date of publication of the 45 rpm in question, reference Red Bird 10-001, one can't have a wedding without singing "Chapel Of Love". The Dixie Cups continued with other successful singles: "People Say", "You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me", "Little Bell" and the almost ethnic "Iko Iko", which a few years later made the Belle-Stars happy and consequently, the viewers of the film "Hain Man" (Jean-William Thoury)

Article properties: DIXIE CUPS: Girls Can Tell - Rock Originals Collection Vol.20 (CD)

  • Interpret: DIXIE CUPS

  • Album titlle: Girls Can Tell - Rock Originals Collection Vol.20 (CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Label FNAC

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 3383006620685

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Dixie Cups - Girls Can Tell - Rock Originals Collection Vol.20 (CD) CD 1
01 Girls Can Tell DIXIE CUPS
02 Chapel Of Love DIXIE CUPS
03 All Grown Up DIXIE CUPS
04 Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright DIXIE CUPS
05 Gee Baby Gee DIXIE CUPS
06 Iko-Iko DIXIE CUPS
07 Another Boy Like Mine DIXIE CUPS
08 People Say DIXIE CUPS
09 Thank You Mama, Thank You Papa DIXIE CUPS
10 Ain't That Nice DIXIE CUPS
11 Little Bell DIXIE CUPS
12 True True Love DIXIE CUPS
13 You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me DIXIE CUPS
14 Wrong Direction DIXIE CUPS
The Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups Effervescent girl... more
"DIXIE CUPS"

The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups

Effervescent girl groups were everywhere prior to the British Invasion, but only The Dixie Cups brought a Crescent City flavor to their guileless harmonies. Sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins grew up surrounded by second-line rhythms in the Calliope Street projects. In early 1963, their cousin Joan Marie Johnson asked Barbara to join her in a group slated to play a high school talent show, and Rosa was soon in the cast too. Joe Jones, whose singing resume included the 1960 smash You Talk Too Much and the original California Sun, was impressed with the trio. "He took us to New York," says Barbara. They auditioned for songwriting legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, then heading their own Red Bird label. "When they heard us, they and the manager (Jones) were able to come to a deal," says Barbara.

Hot young Brill Building composers Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were entrusted with creating hit material for the newcomers. "We were looking for somebody, because Phil Spector had recorded 'Chapel Of Love' with the Ronettes, and it hadn't come out, and we didn't know if he was going to release it. We really felt that song was a hit," says Ellie. "So we just thought we would do it with these innocent little girls."  The two had already collaborated with Wall of Sound architect Spector on the Crystals' Da Doo Ron Ron and the Ronettes' Be My Baby. "Hopeful romanticism and that stuff, that was kind of a natural thing to write about," says Greenwich.

"When they played 'Chapel Of Love,' we didn't like it!" says Barbara. "So I asked, 'Do we have to sing it that way?' 'Cause they sang it for us. And they said, 'No, sing it any kind of way you want!' So we did it the way we wanted to, which was the way it was recorded." Back at St. Augustine High School, the trio was billed as The Mel-Tones, but that wouldn't do, and the girls laughed off a suggestion that they be Little Miss & The Muffets. "We are from New Orleans, which is the land of Dixie," says Barbara. "And 'Cups' was cute. So we said 'Dixie Cups.'"  Leiber and Stoller weren't initially sure of the song's potential. "They hated 'Chapel Of Love,'" says Ellie. "We convinced them that they really should consider it."  So did veteran New York record man George Goldner, newly hired by Leiber and Stoller at Red Bird. They found him sitting at Jerry's desk after a long solo night of listening to acetates, swearing on his father's grave that the song would be a smash. George, Jeff and Ellie knew best: Chapel Of Love topped the pop charts that summer. The group's '65 hit Iko Iko was a Carnival Day strut from back home originated by local R&B belter James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford as Jock-O-Mo. The Hawkins sisters still perform as two-thirds of The Dixie Cups. 

- Bill Dahl -

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Tracklist
Dixie Cups - Girls Can Tell - Rock Originals Collection Vol.20 (CD) CD 1
01 Girls Can Tell
02 Chapel Of Love
03 All Grown Up
04 Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright
05 Gee Baby Gee
06 Iko-Iko
07 Another Boy Like Mine
08 People Say
09 Thank You Mama, Thank You Papa
10 Ain't That Nice
11 Little Bell
12 True True Love
13 You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me
14 Wrong Direction