They beat the odds more than once. As the Dixie Cups, sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins recorded the No. 1 hit "Chapel of Love" in 1964, followed by three more Top 40 songs. Four decades later, ...

Fifty years ago, three young women from New Orleans hit it big with the release of their single "Chapel of Love." The Dixie Cups song was an instant chart-topping hit on the pop and R&B charts, ...

When Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich wrote “Chapel of Love” with producer Phil Spector in early 1963, Darlene Love was first to record it. Unhappy with the result, Mr. Spector shelved it. Next Mr.

In 1964, The Beatles crossed over to America — and dominated the music charts from the moment they landed. It took an African-American jazz trumpeter in his mid-60s singing a show tune to unseat them: ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Rosa Lee Hawkins, an original member of the rhythm and blues trio the Dixie Cups who shot to No. 1 with “Chapel of Love” in 1964, died Tuesday in a Florida hospital. She was 76. Her ...