Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love (1964, Stereo)

1964... #1 US Billboard Hot 100 #1 Canada Top Singles #22 UK Singles Chart.. Jeff Barry and Greenwich wrote this song for Phil Spector to produce. It was intended (appropriately) for Darlene Love, and she recorded the first version, with Spector producing as intended. He wasn’t happy with this recording, so he tried it with The Ronettes, who a year earlier had their biggest hit with “Be My Baby,“ written by Barry and Greenwich. The Dixie Cups recorded the song, which was the first release on Red Bird and Phil Spector was furious with Barry and Greenwich for beating him to the market with the song and took it as an act of betrayal, although he did get a songwriting credit, which was something he demanded when working with songwriters. He didn’t hold the grudge: Spector teamed up with Barry and Greenwich again for the 1966 track “River Deep - Mountain High.“ The Dixie Cups are the New Orleans trio of Joan Marie Johnson and her cousins, the sisters Barbara and Rosa Hawkins. A