NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)– They went to the chapel of love, and we still love them today! We talked to two of the members of The Dixie Cups, the local girl group that shot to fame with song like “Chapel of ...
They're no longer the teenager girls they were when they first rocketed to the top of the charts. But the Dixie Cups - Barbara Hawkins, her younger sister Rosa and their "sister in spirit" Athelgra ...
Rosa Lee Hawkins of the Dixie Cups has died of complications from surgery less than a year after sharing her story in "Chapel of Love," a memoir named in honor of the New Orleans vocal group's ...
Rosa Lee Hawkins, a member of the '60s girl group The Dixie Cups, has died. She was 76. Her sister and bandmate Barbara Ann Hawkins told The New York Times that Rosa died after experiencing internal ...
The clubs are bustling the week of March 7-13, 2024, and a festival celebrates a jazz banjoist’s legacy. FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM The annual celebration of jazz guitarist, banjoist and ...
As we explored previously, band names can be all over the place depending on what kind of vibe you’re looking for. Here, we’ll take a look at five bands from the 1960s that had names based on ...
Rosa Hawkins, an original member of the New Orleans rhythm and blues vocal trio The Dixie Cups, died on Tuesday at Tampa Bay General Hospital. She was 76 years old. Her older sister Barbara Hawkins, a ...