Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly...
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"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is a song by American rapper and singer Lauryn Hill from her debut solo studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). It...
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Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. It was released on October 4, 2010, by Atlantic and Elektra Records...
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Doo Wop 50 is a television and DVD special created and produced by TJ Lubinsky, grandson of Herman Lubinsky (founder of Savoy Records). The special was...
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This is a list of doo-wop musicians. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee...
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The Legends of Doo Wop is a music group of 1950s doo-wop singers. The original members included Jimmy Gallagher of the Passions, Tony Passalaqua of the...
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Look up doo-wop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Doo wop or doo-wop is a vocal-based rhythm and blues music style. It may also refer to: "Doo Wop (That...
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Vocal harmony (section Doo-wop groups)
as well as horror punk (which cites influence from both heavy metal and doo-wop). While some bands use backup singers who only sing when they are on stage...
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Doo Wop is a 2004 French romantic drama film directed, produced and written by David Lanzmann. It won the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival...
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boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo-wop group The Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their...
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Lautner. Similar architectural styles are also referred to as Populuxe or Doo Wop. Features of Googie include upswept roofs, curvilinear, geometric shapes...
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Evigan. Featured artists include T-Pain, Lawrence, and Niecy Nash. It is a doo-wop and bubblegum pop album with club beats and influences of dance-pop and...
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'50s progression (redirect from Doo-wop progression)
(also known as the "Heart and Soul" chords, the "Stand by Me" changes, the doo-wop progression: 204 and the "ice cream changes") is a chord progression and...
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Bruno Mars (section 2010–2012: Doo-Wops and Hooligans)
featured his vocals. In the same year, Mars released his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which blended pop with reggae and R&B. It spawned the international...
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Bakersfield, California (section Doo-wop)
Bakersfield is also known for Doo-wop music dating back from the early-to-mid 1950s to the early-to-late 1960s, consisting of Doo-wop vocal groups such as The...
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high-style Moderne architecture, and some or all of these have been termed Doo-Wop and/or Googie in style. A number of these were studied in a National Register...
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ranked number one on Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list. Its lead single, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, and was listed as a Song...
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Music history of the United States in the 1950s (redirect from 1950s doo-wop)
the golden age gospel artists. In addition, doo wop achieved widespread popularity in the 1950s. Doo wop was a harmonically complex style of choral singing...
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Meghan Trainor (category Doo-wop musicians)
influenced by the popular music of the 1950s, and blends the genres pop, R&B, doo-wop and blue-eyed soul. Outside of the music industry, Trainor has had voice...
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Doo Wop 50 (co-host/creator/producer) 2000 - More Doo Wop 50 (co-host/creator/producer) 2000 - Doo Wop 51 (co-host/creator/producer) 2001 - More Doo Wop...
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TEDxFoggyBottom" Good Morning America (ABC) Kevin Fallon (September 11, 2013). "Doo-Wop 'We Can't Stop': Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover". The Daily...
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Music of Baltimore (section Doo wop)
20th century was home to a major doo wop scene, which began with The Orioles, who are considered one of the first doo wop groups to record commercially....
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of Fame on March 20, 2009. Worldwide more than 60 million records sold. Doo-Wop Hall of Fame Inductees. Vocal Group Hall of Fame Induction and Award. Miracles...
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The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. Launched in support of his 2010 debut...
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Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District (redirect from Doo Wop Motel District)
District, or Doo Wop Motel District, is an area in The Wildwoods, New Jersey, that was home to over 300 motels built during the Doo-Wop era of the 1950s...
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February 10, 1940) is an American singer and musician. He was a member of the doo-wop group The Teenagers. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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The Valentines were one of the most highly regarded American doo-wop groups from the mid-1950s.[according to whom?] Although they never had a record on...
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Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (redirect from Maurice Williams (doo-wop artist))
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs were an American doo-wop/R&B vocal group in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originally the (Royal) Charms, the band changed...
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The Emotions are an American doo-wop vocal group from New York City, United States. The group was formed in 1958 by Joe Favale (lead vocal, b.1940), who...
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and art music. It is the birthplace of hip hop, garage house, boogaloo, doo wop, bebop, punk rock, disco, and new wave. It is also the birthplace of salsa...
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