Chapel of Love (eBook)

The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups

Rosa Hawkins, Steve Bergsman (Autoren)

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2021 | PDF SINGLE
192 Seiten
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-1-4968-3497-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A tale of three African American teenagers who conquered the music world

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In 1963, sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Hawkins and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson traveled from the segregated South to New York City under the auspices of their manager, former pop singer Joe Jones. With their wonderful harmonies, they were an immediate success. To this day, the Dixie Cups’ greatest hit, “Chapel of Love,” is considered one of the best songs of the past sixty years.

The Dixie Cups seemed to have the world on a string. Their songs were lively and popular, singing on such topics as love, romance, and Mardi Gras, including the classic “Iko Iko.” Behind the stage curtain, however, their real-life story was one of cruel exploitation by their manager, who continued to harass the women long after they finally broke away from his thievery and assault. Of the three young women, no one suffered more than the youngest, Rosa Hawkins, who was barely out of high school when the New Orleans teens were discovered and relocated to New York City. At the peak of their success, Rosa was a naïve songstress entrapped in a world of abuse and manipulation.

Chapel of Love: The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups explores the ups and downs of one of the most successful girl groups of the early 1960s. Telling their story for the first time, in their own words, Chapel of Love reintroduces the Louisiana Music Hall of Famers to a new audience.

Autor

Rosa Hawkins (1944–2022) was one of the three original members of the Dixie Cups. She still performed with the group until her passing. Steve Bergsman is a longtime journalist who has written over a dozen books. His recent ones include coauthorship with Carol Connors of Elvis, “Rocky” and Me; Earth Angels: The Short Lives and Controversial Deaths of Three R&B Pioneers; What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music; All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s; and coauthorship with Rosa Hawkins of Chapel of Love: The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups, the latter three published by University Press of Mississippi. Billy Vera is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2021
• Reihe/Serie: American Made Music Series
• Reihe/Serie: American Made Music Series
• Vorwort: Billy Vera
• Zusatzinfo: 21 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Jackson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 1960s gril groups • African American Studies • Barbara Ann Hawkins • Biography • Ethnomusicology • Gee Baby Gee • girl groups • Iko Iko • Jerry Leiber • Joan Marie Johnson • joe jones • Labor Exploitation • Louisiana Music Hall of Fame • Marie Laveau • Meltones • Mike Stoller • music • Music Industry • New Orleans • New York City • popular music • race and ethnicity • Rosa Hawkins • southern musicians • The House of the Rising Sun • Women's and Gender Studies • Women's liberation • You Talk Too Much
• ISBN-10: 1-4968-3497-6 / 1496834976
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-3497-3 / 9781496834973