Happy Birthday to Barbara Ann Hawkins (born. 23rd October 1943). She is best known as a member of the Dixie Cups. They are best known for their 1964 million-selling record Chapel of Love. The song Chapel of Love, was a song that Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich had originally written for The Ronettes. Iko Iko was another of their well known hits, that went under years of court appearances as being similar to another song called, Jock-A-Mo. Jock-a-mo was the original version of the song Iko Iko recorded by The Dixie Cups in 1965. In the 1990s, the Dixie Cups became aware that another group of people were claiming authorship of Iko Iko. Their ex-manager Joe Jones and his family filed a copyright registration in 1991, alleging that they wrote the song in 1963. Joe Jones successfully licensed Iko Iko outside of North America, and it was used as the soundtrack of Mission Impossible 2 in 2000. The Dixie Cups filed a lawsuit against Joe Jones. The trial took place in New Orleans and the Dixie Cups were represented by well-known music attorney Oren Warshavsky before Senior Federal Judge Peter Beer. The jury returned a unanimous verdict in 2002, affirming that the Dixie Cups were the only writers of Iko Iko and granting them more money than they were seeking. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict and sanctioned Joe Jones. Barbara Hawkins still performs as the Dixie Cups to this day with, her sister Rosa, along with Athelgra Neville, sister of the singing Neville Brothers. GARY
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:41:34 +0000
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