Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which was started in the black community and became popular in the 1950s to the early 1960s in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[1]

Contents 1 Origin of "Doo-wop" 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Origin of "Doo-wop"

An African-American vocal style known as doo-wop emerged from the streets of north-eastern cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Doo-wop, with its smooth harmonies, was the closest rock style to mainstream pop in the 1950s. The Orioles helped develop the doo-wop sound with their hits "It's Too Soon to Know" (1948) and "Crying in the Chapel" (1953). The Orioles were a successful and highly influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and early 1950s one of the earliest such vocal bands who established Other important African American doo-wop groups included the Coasters, the Drifters, the Moonglows, Little Anthony and the Imperials , the Teenagers and the Platters. The Coasters are a Rhythm and Blues / Rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s The Drifters were a long-lived American Doo wop / R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962 though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today The Moonglows were an influential American R&B and Doo-wop group based in Cleveland Ohio. Little Anthony & The Imperials is a Rhythm and blues / soul / Doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s The Teenagers are an American Doo wop group most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed The Platters were a successful vocal group of the early Rock and roll era The style spread to singing groups of other ethnicities, such as the Capris, Dion and the Belmonts, the Earls, and the Tokens. The Capris are an Italian-American Doo Wop group originating in the Ozone Park section of Queens, New York in the 1950s Dion and the Belmonts were a leading American Vocal group of the late 1950s The group formed when Dion DiMucci Larry Chance and the Earls were a moderately popular recording group from the 1960s formed in The Bronx, New York. The Tokens are an American male Doo-wop vocal group from Brooklyn New York. The term "doo-wop" was taken from the ad-lib syllables sung in harmony in doo-wop songs. Two songs in particular may lay claim to being the "first" to contain the syllables "doo wop" in the refrain: the 1955 hit, "When You Dance" by The Turbans, in which the chant "doo wop" can be plainly heard; and the 1956 classic "In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins, with the plaintive "doo wop, doo wah" refrain in the bridge. The Turbans were an African American Doo-wop group who were formed in Philadelphia in 1953 " In The Still of The Night " is a song written by Fred Parris and recorded by his Five Satins. The Five Satins are an American Doo wop group best known for their Song, " In the Still of the Night " It has been erroneously reported that the phrase was coined by radio disc jockey Gus Gossert in the early 1970s. However, Gossert himself said that "doo-wop(p) was already being used [before me] to categorize the music in California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. "^[2] It became the fashion in the 1990s to keep expanding the definition backward to include rhythm and blues groups from the mid-1950s and then even further back to include groups from the early 1950s and even the 1940s. There is no consensus as to what constitutes a doo-wop song and many aficionados of R&B music dislike the term intensely, preferring to use the term "group vocal harmony" instead.

History

In the black community, teenagers rarely had enough money to get instruments, so they used what they had (their voices) to create nonsense syllables from which the name of the style is derived. The name was later extended to group harmony . An example of this includes "Count Every Star" by The Ravens (1950), which includes vocalizations imitating the plucking of a double bass. The Ravens were an R&B vocal group They were formed in 1945 by Jimmy Ricks and Warren Suttles. This created a template for later groups.

1951 was perhaps the year doo-wop broke into the mainstream in a consistent manner. Hit songs included "My Reverie" by The Larks, "Where Are You?" by The Mello-Moods, "Glory of Love" by The Five Keys, "Shouldn't I Know" by The Cardinals, "I Will Wait" by the Four Buddies, and "Will You Be Mine" by The Swallows. The Larks were an influential African American vocal group active in the early 1950s The Mello-Moods were an American R&B band from the late 1940s to mid-1950s The Five Keys is an American Rhythm and blues Vocal group that was instrumental in shaping this genre in the 1950s The Swallows are a R&B group Founded in Baltimore Maryland, in 1946 as the "Oakateers" the members were Lawrence Coxson (lead tenor Irving Turner

By 1953, doo-wop was extremely popular and disc jockey Alan Freed began introducing black groups' music to his white audiences with great success. Alan Freed (December 15 1921 &ndash January 20 1965 also known as Moondog, was an American Disc-jockey who became Groups included The Spaniels, The Moonglows, and The Flamingos, whose song, "Golden Teardrops," is a classic of the genre. The Spaniels were an American R&B Doo-wop group best known for the hit " Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight " The Moonglows were an influential American R&B and Doo-wop group based in Cleveland Ohio. The Flamingos were a Doo wop group from the United States, most popular in the mid to late 1950s. Other groups, like The Castelles and The Penguins, innovated new styles, most famously uptempo doo wop, established by The Crows' 1954 song, "Gee" and The Cleftones' 1956 hit "Little Girl of Mine". The Castelles were admired for years as the originators and the epitome of the “ Philadelphia Sound ” which features a high tenor lead a bass a seemingly endless supply The Penguins were an American Doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, " Earth Angel The Crows were an American Doo-wop group The group's one major hit Gee (1953 was an important early Rock-and-roll song and Gee is a Doo-wop song written by William Davis and Viola Watkings and recorded by the The Crows on the independent label Rama Records, in New York The Cleftones were a Doo-wop group from Queens, New York. They were formed in 1955 at Jamaica High School. 1956 was also the year that Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers became a teen pop sensation with songs like "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Many consider the forementioned Five Satins hit, "In the Still of the Night (I Remember)," to be the quintessential doo-wop recording, but in terms of popular sales, "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes, a hit in 1958, was arguably the most successful doo-wop song of all time. Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon ( September 30, 1942 &ndash February 27, 1968) was an African-American Rock and Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is marketed and oriented toward Teenagers In 1996 the Girl group Spice Girls released their single " " Get a Job " is one of the best known Doo-wop songs of the 1950s The Silhouettes were an American Doo wop / R&B group whose single " Get A Job " was a #1 hit on the Billboard The late 1950s-early 1960s also saw the rise of Italian doo-wop groups, including Dion and the Belmonts, The Capris, the Mystics, and the Duprees. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Dion and the Belmonts were a leading American Vocal group of the late 1950s The group formed when Dion DiMucci The Capris are an Italian-American Doo Wop group originating in the Ozone Park section of Queens, New York in the 1950s The Mystics are a singing group which began in Brooklyn New York, USA in the late 1950s The Duprees was a Doo-wop group which had a series of hits during the early 1960s Two racially integrated groups were The Del-Vikings and The Crests. The Del-Vikings, also known as The Dell-Vikings (the name was variously spelled with and without the hyphen is a former American Doo-wop musical group The Crests were a popular New York R&B musical group of the late 1950s

Doo-wop remained popular until just before the British Invasion of 1964. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers 1961 might have been the peak of doo-wop, with hits that include The Marcels' "Blue Moon". The Marcels were a Doo-wop group known for turning beloved American classical pop Songs into Rock and roll. " Blue Moon " is a classic popular song. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard Ballad There was a revival of the nonsense-syllable form of doo-wop in the early 1960s, with popular records by the Marcels, the Rivingtons, and Vito & The Salutations. The Marcels were a Doo-wop group known for turning beloved American classical pop Songs into Rock and roll. The Rivingtons were a Doo-wop group noted for being one of the loudest and most raucous of the genre Vito & the Salutations is a New York Doo wop group from the 1960s whose first popular recording "Gloria" was a regional hit A few years later, the genre had reached the self-referential stage, with songs about the singers ("Mr. Bass Man") and the songwriters ("Who Put the Bomp?" by Barry Mann)

The genre has seen mild surges throughout the years, with many radio shows dedicated to doo-wop. Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, and part of It is said to have had its roots in the 1930s and 1940s music, with groups like the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers. The Ink Spots were a popular black vocal group that helped define the Musical genre that led to Rhythm & blues and Rock and roll, and the subgenre The Mills Brothers were a major African-American Jazz and pop vocal Quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2000 recordings that sold Its main artists are concentrated in urban areas (New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark, Los Angeles, and others), with a few exceptions. The City of New York Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Revival shows on TV and boxed CD sets (ex. DooWop Box 1-3) have kept people's interest in the music. Groups have done remakes of doo-wops with great success over the years. Part of the regional beach music or shag music scene, centered in the Carolinas and surrounding states, includes both the original classic recordings and numerous re-makes over the years. Beach music, also known as Carolina beach music, is a regional genre which developed from various musical styles of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties Other artists have had doo-wop or doo-wop-influenced hits in later years, such as Led Zeppelin's 1973 song, "The Ocean", David Bowie's 1973 hit, "Drive-In Saturday," Billy Joel's 1983 hit, "The Longest Time", Frank Zappa's 1981 song, "Fine Girl," or Electric Light Orchestra's 1977 smash "Telephone Line". Led Zeppelin were David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " Drive-In Saturday " is a song by David Bowie from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. " The Longest Time " is a Doo-wop single by Musician Billy Joel. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Horror punk bands like the The Misfits also included a healthy amount of doo-wop in their early songs. Horror punk is a Music genre that was defined by the bands The Misfits, The Cramps and seminally influential group The Damned, blending The Misfits are an American The last known doo-wop hit was "It's Alright" by Huey Lewis & the News, which reached #6 on the U. S. Billboard Adult Contemporary charts in June 1993. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in

It has been noted that doo-wop groups tend to be named after birds. These include The Orioles, The Ravens, the Cardinals, the Crows, the Wrens, the Robins, the Swallows, the Larks, the Flamingos and the Penguins. The Orioles were a successful and highly influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and early 1950s one of the earliest such vocal bands who established The Ravens were an R&B vocal group They were formed in 1945 by Jimmy Ricks and Warren Suttles. The Crows were an American Doo-wop group The group's one major hit Gee (1953 was an important early Rock-and-roll song and The Wrens is the name of a Doo-wop band from the Bronx section of New York City. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) The Swallows are a R&B group Founded in Baltimore Maryland, in 1946 as the "Oakateers" the members were Lawrence Coxson (lead tenor Irving Turner The Larks were an influential African American vocal group active in the early 1950s The Flamingos were a Doo wop group from the United States, most popular in the mid to late 1950s. The Penguins were an American Doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, " Earth Angel Also after cars: The Edsels, The Cadillacs , Little Anthony and the Imperials , The Fleetwoods , The El Dorados , The Impalas , etc. The Edsels were an American Doo-wop group active during the late 1950s and early 1960s The Cadillacs were an American Rock and roll and Doo-wop group from Harlem New York; active from 1953 to 1962 Little Anthony & The Imperials is a Rhythm and blues / soul / Doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s The Fleetwoods were a Singing trio from Olympia Washington, United States; formed in the late 1950s The El Dorados were an American Doo-wop group who achieved their greatest success with the song "At My Front Door" in 1955/56 The Impalas were an American Doo-wop group in the late 1950s best known for their hit, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home"

Doo-wop is popular among collegiate a cappella groups due to its easy adaptation to an all-vocal form. Collegiate a cappella (or college a cappella) ensembles are student-run and -directed Singing groups that perform entirely without instruments

Doo-wop recently experienced a resurgence in popularity with PBS' doo-wop concert programs: Doo-Wop 50, Doo Wop 51, and Rock, Rhythm, and Doo Wop. These programs brought back together, live on stage, some of the better known doo-wop groups of the past. Doo-wop is also known as "one hit" music. Jay K. Rock le Kool is probably the most famous of the current doo-woppers.

See also

• List of doo-wop songs
• List of doo-wop musicians
• Scat singing
• Vocalese
• 50s Progression

References

External links

• The DooWop Hall of Fame
• The Vocal Group Harmony Website
• The Vocal Group Hall of Fame
• Doo-Wop Music
• 100 Greatest Uptempo Doo-Wop Songs
• 100 Greatest Doo-Wop Ballads
• Definition Of Doo Wop By Professor Dr. Frank Hoffman
• Doo Wop Cafe - Internet Doo Wop Radio and Chat Room

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