Also known as: Cookies, The
Origin: Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Cookies were a New York City all female vocal R&B trio that formed way back in 1954 with original members Dorothy Jones (vocals), Jones' cousin Beulah Robertson (vocals) and Darlene McCrea (vocals). In 1956, Margie Hendrix (vocals) replaced Robertson and along with McCrea, helped spin off to form the Raelettes a few years later, which became the backing vocal group for Ray Charles. In 1961, Jones formed a new version of the Cookies with another one of her cousins, Margaret Ross (vocals), along with Darlene McCrea's younger sister Earl-Jean McCrea (vocals). This rendition of the group score…