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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.
- Frederick Dennis Greene
So outside of timeless melodies that arose from the genre--and a lot of famous Doo-wop songs ("Blue Moon", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Heart and Soul") are older than Doo-wop--there aren't a lot of unique elements to take from the genre.
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 stage, some of the better known doo-wop groups of the past.
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The 1950s were the golden age of doo-wop music. Yet, the word doo-wop had not made its way to print until 1961 in a Chicago-based newspaper, The Chicago Defender. The paper gave credit to radio DJ, Gus Gossert, but Gossert mentionedthat others had already been using the term. Many accredit Duke Ellington with inventing the mood and vibe of doo-wop,...
As doo-wop concerts hit the road, the realities of racism in the U.S. were inescapable. Terry Johnson of The Flamingos told Rolling Stone that at many nightclubs his band played, club staff would tell them never to look white guests in the eye. Black and white guests were segregated, often being sent to different floors. Other times a velvet rope d...
Today, putting on a classic doo-wop track often transports people to another time. Sometimes, images of soda fountains, sports cars and poodle skirts are a part of that image. Because of doo-wop’s fast rise — and how it evolved even faster into genres like rock, pop and maybe even disco — the blues subgenre is emblematic of the 1950s. Doo-wop is st...
Jul 8, 2009 · THIS WEEK: Doo-Wop. As PBS viewers know, doo-wop is eternal. Perhaps because it's so effusive, or perhaps because it so poignantly immortalizes the joys and torments of being a...
Nov 7, 2022 · Good morning. It’s Monday. Hurricane Sandy did billions of dollars’ worth of damage, but it didn’t destroy everything in its path. We’ll find out about a documentary that exists because Sandy...
Jan 24, 2019 · Here are the most popular, biggest, highest-charting doo-wop songs of all time, from the ballads and novelties to the sock-hop favorites.
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