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- Doo-wop’s appeal for much of the public lay in its artistically powerful simplicity, but this “uncomplicated” type of record also was an ideal, low-budget investment for a small record company to produce.
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May 3, 2024 · Doo-wop, style of rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll vocal music popular in the 1950s and ’60s. The structure of doo-wop music generally featured a tenor lead vocalist singing the melody of the song with a trio or quartet singing background harmony. The term doo-wop is derived from the sounds made.
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Doo-wop is popular among barbershoppers and collegiate a cappella groups due to its easy adaptation to an all-vocal form. Doo-wop experienced a resurgence in popularity at the turn of the 21st century with the airing of PBS's doo-wop concert programs: Doo Wop 50, Doo Wop 51, and Rock, Rhythm, and Doo Wop. These programs brought back, live on ...
Apr 24, 2020 · Because the sound of doo-wop music became popular with the white audience in America, mixed-race groups were formed and black and white vocalists would sing harmonically together as equals. The most famous example is The Dell-Vikings. Soon even all-white doo-wop bands, such as The Crew Cuts or Danny & the Juniors, were formed.
Oct 12, 2020 · The former is a tougher-sounding, rhythm and blues influenced song that sounds like a precursor to the “rude boy” anthems that became so popular in the ska era, while the latter features a...
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Teens, usually black males, practiced vocal harmonies in school gyms, on street corners, and at subway entrances, often singing a cappella. Doo-wop became very popular in the 1950s and 60s, particularly in urban ghettos.
Nov 29, 2018 · Doo-wop was popular in between the big bands of the '40s and the rock and roll that would take over later in the '50s and '60s. As radio broadcaster and executive, Duff...
Jul 8, 2009 · Shortly after its ascent in the mid-'50s, doo-wop became a world of its own, with distinct subcategories. One of the most active was Italian-American doo-wop, which boasts such acts as Dion...
