Their "Chapel of Love," written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, supplanted the Beatles' "Love Me Do" as the No. 1 song on both the pop and R&B charts.
A memorial is planned at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Oct. 18.
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