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Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a genre of rhythm and blues music that originated among African-American youth in the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, DC, and Los
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See moreDoo-wop has complex musical, social, and commercial origins.
Musical precedents
Doo-wop's style is a mixture of precedents in composition, orchestration, and vocals that figured in American...
See moreJewish composers, musicians, and promoters had a prominent role in the transition to doo-wop and rock 'n' roll from jazz and swing in American popular music of the 1950s, while Jewish
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See moreDoo-wop groups achieved 1951 R&B chart hits with songs such as "Sixty Minute Man" by Billy Ward and His Dominoes, "Where Are You?" by the Mello-Moods, "The Glory of Love" by the Five Keys, and "Shouldn't I Know" by the Cardinals.
Doo-wop groups played a...
See moreThe vocal harmony group tradition that developed in the United States post-World War II was the most popular form of rhythm and blues music
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See moreThe synthesis of music styles that evolved into what is now called rhythm and blues, previously labeled "race music" by the record companies, found a
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See moreThe R&B and doo-wop music that informed early rock 'n' roll was racially appropriated in the 1970s just as blues-based rock had been in the 1950s and 1960s. Generic terms such as "Brill Building music" obscure the roles of the black producers, writers,
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See moreOther pop R&B groups, including the Coasters, the Drifters, the Midnighters, and the Platters, helped link the doo-wop style to the mainstream, and to the future sound of soul music
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