“And we just really was not into country at that time,” Rosa told the outlet.

“So we rehearsed it in a little corner, just the three of us, not the piano.

And we came up with the version they released.

Rosa Lee Hawkins  of The Dixie Cups smiling

But they all laughed, you know.

They said, ‘Oh, country song.'”

“Some people write books to hurt other people,” Hawkins toldThe Arizona Republic.

The Dixie Cups performing on stage

“I did not write my book to hurt anyone.

I just wanted to get it all down on paper.

Because nothing I said in the book was a lie.

I said ‘Well, he’s dead and gone now.

So, you know, he’s in God’s hands.

Or he’s down below in that other person’s hands.'”

Throughout the years, the group continued to tour and perform.

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