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Win McNamee/Getty Images; ABC AudioAfter being canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is

The loss of Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes and Rosa Lee Hawkins of the Dixie Cups within a day of each other this week reminded me of that pop music

Rosa Lee Hawkins, a member of New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, died on Jan. 11. She was 76.

The New Orleans girl group's "Chapel of Love" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964

Rosa Lee Hawkins, the youngest member of the musical trio the Dixie Cups, whose hit single “Chapel of Love” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 1

The singing group’s debut single, “Chapel of Love,” rose to the top of the charts in 1964, displacing the Beatles’ “Love Me Do.”

Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesRosa Lee Hawkins, an original member of the New Orleans R&B vocal trio The Dixie Cups, died Tuesday at a hospital in Ta...

Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesRosa Lee Hawkins, an original member of the New Orleans R&B vocal trio The Dixie Cups, died Tuesday at a hospital in Ta...

Rosa Lee Hawkins, one of the three original singers in the New Orleans rhythm and blues group The Dixie Cups, died on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida.

Hawkins was an original member of The Dixie Cups, who earned a No. 1 hit in 1964 with Chapel of Love.