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Buy your hanky and come 2nd line to the chapel with The Dixie Cups!  Click on the pic for ordering details.  And watch this space for more concert dates as they are added to the itinerary.
 
Oh, and by the way - we now accept PayPal, so you can order official merchandise from The Dixie Cups with just a few clicks of your mouse and the item(s) will be delivered right to your home or PO box!

The Dixie Cups

 
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Now playing - "Iko Iko" by The Dixie Cups.  To stop or re-start the music, please click on the player below (click once to activate it).

Upcoming Appearances
 
June 6, 2008 - Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 
More dates will be added soon - please check back often!

NEW - To hear deejay Ronnie Allen's terrific interview with The Dixie Cups, which took place on September 12, 2007, please visit
Ronnie's Radio Page and click on the link for the archived show.
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This web site is a tribute to a trio of lovely, talented, and gracious ladies, The Dixie CupsThe Dixie Cups are comprised of  sisters Rosa and Barbara Hawkins from the original lineup, and the newest Dixie chick, Athelgra Neville, whom the Hawkins ladies introduce as "our sister from our extended family."  The Dixie Cups are best known for hits such as "People Say," "Iko Iko," "You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked At Me," and their classic hit, "Chapel of Love."  All three ladies were displaced after Hurricane Katrina swept through their hometown of New Orleans.  The Hawkins sisters have relocated to Florida.
 
The Dixie Cups are still performing and are available for public and private functions (concerts, weddings, corporate events, etc.).  Please email booking inquiries to thedixiecups@yahoo.com and someone from their organization will get back to you.
 

 
Assistant Coordinator: Paul Errante (646) 361-7583
Publicist: Dennis Garvey (516) 330-1338

 
The Dixie-Cups, the act that launched Red Bird Records with the number one hit "Chapel of Love" and placed Jeff [Barry] and I in a more serious light as producers, hold a special place in my heart. They were the shyest, sweetest and most cooperative group I had ever come across and working with them was a lot of fun - plus you rooted for them, wanting them to be successful. I guess for lack of a better word, they exuded innocence and were in total awe of being in the recording studio. They listened, they performed and their sound was totally street. What you heard was who they were and what they were all about and they just sang from the heart. I'm really glad they have a legacy - from "Chapel of Love" - the first US record to hit #1 and break through the 'British invasion of the charts,' to "Iko, Iko," one of the most memorable songs of New Orleans folklore. They deserve the recognition and respect.
 
 

The Dixie Cups - Biography
 
The Dixie Cups originally consisted of sisters Barbara and Rosa Hawkins with their cousin, Joan Johnson.  They were pursuing a singing career in their native New Orleans under the name The Meltones.  Singer/entertainer Joe Jones ("You Talk Too Much"), who discovered the girls at a talent show, brought the trio to songwriter-producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller at New York's Brill Building.  Leiber and Stoller, liking what they heard, decided to sign the girls to a recording contract - and, with the decision having been made to start a new label to launch the new group, Red Bird Records was born.  The powerhouse songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who'd been working with Leiber and Stoller, joined Red Bird as composers/producers.
 
 
Read the rest of the story on the Biography page!

 
 


 
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