On record (at least for their first single, "(Down at) Papa Joe's"), The Dixiebelles were in fact all members of the Anita Kerr Singers.
[4] Based in Memphis, Tennessee, the Dixiebelles touring group had all previously sung backup in various capacities.
A full-length Dixiebelles album was released, but a third single ("New York Town") failed to hit the Hot 100, peaking at just #119 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart.
Mary Hunt and Mildred Pratcher later joined forces with Barbara McCoy and Eula Jean Rivers to form The Charmels, a group that recorded four non-hit singles for Stax between 1966 and 1968.
[5] Despite the band’s short run and relative obscurity, their 1967 song “As Long As I’ve Got You” earned a cult following after it was sampled in the Wutang Clan’s hit 1994 single “C.R.E.A.M”.