As a child of the Mississippi gulf coast, the mysterious and colorful time of the year known as Mardi Gras has always captivated me. Catching throws of plastic beads, precious doubloons and moon pies, ...

If you've only heard one Mardi Gras song, it's probably "Iko Iko," the hit recorded by the Dixie Cups in 1965. An earlier version (titled "Jock-a-mo") by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford came out in 1953, ...

Hey now / Hey now / Iko, Iko, an day, plays the simplistic, yet infectious pop hit “Iko Iko.” The enduring tune is among music’s most covered, but few renditions have captured the song’s bright New ...

Grateful Dead HQ offered a belated Mardi Gras celebration with a newly released pro-shot clip of “Iko Iko,” filmed live at California’s Shoreline Amphitheatre on Sept. 30, 1989. “Although some early ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died at a hospice in New Orleans.

Rosa Lee Hawkins, one of the three original singers in New Orleans rhythm & blues vocal trio the Dixie Cups, died Tuesday at Tampa General Hospital in Florida. She was 76. Older sister and fellow ...