The Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love” is an American classic. Recorded in 1964, the song famously knocked The Beatles’ “Love Me Do” off Billboard’s #1 slot, launching the New Orleans trio—Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkin and Joan Marie Johnson—into stardom overnight.

Most people don’t realize “Chapel of Love” is not a Dixie Cups original. The tune was first recorded by Darlene Love in 1963, and later appeared The Ronettes’ classic debut album, Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica.

OffBeat’s Joseph Irrera dove into the song’s history in our recent obituary for Joan Marie Johnson, who passed away last month:

In 1964, the Dixie Cups were introduced to songwriter Ellie Greenwich and her lyricist husband Jeff Barry, who were then working with songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Leiber and Stoller were getting ready to launch their new record label, Red Bird Records. “Chapel of Love” was written and recorded a year earlier by Darlene Love with Phil Spector as co-writer and producer. Spector was unhappy with the result and gave the song to the Ronettes, who also failed to get Spector’s approval. He then offered the song to Leiber and Stoller. In April 1964 Red Bird Records’ first release was the Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love,” which reached number one on the Billboard Chart, dislodging “Love Me Do” by the Beatles.

Hawkins recalled: “When Ellie and Jeff first played ‘Chapel’ for us, we looked at each other, like, ‘You really want us to sing that like that?’ They said, ‘Well, how do you want to sing it?’ So I said, ‘Give us a minute.’ So we went in the corner and started singing. We walked back to them and when we sang it the way it was recorded, they were just, ‘Wow! That was awesome.’”

So here’s a look at The Ronette’s take on “Chapel of Love.” Unsurprisingly, innovative producer Phil Spector’s fingerprints can be heard all over it, particularly in the reverberating glory of his signature “wall of sound.”