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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, [2] mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
This is a list of doo-wop musicians. A The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee Andrews & the Hearts The Angels The Aquatones The Ardells The Avons B Hank Ballard The Belmonts The Blue Jays The Bop Chords The Bobbettes The Bosstones The Buccaneers C The Cadets The Cadillacs The Capitols The Capris The Cap-Tans The Cardinals The Casinos The Cavaliers Jimmy Castor Gene Chandler The Channels ...
Richie Unterberger classed the Solitaires' "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" with the "should-have-been-hits" in his review of Doo-Wop Box.) [24] The group's recording career is described as "illustrious" in Mitch Rosalsky's Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups. [21]
The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959. [2] [4] Discography. Title Year Catalog Comments
The Willows were an American doo-wop group formed in Harlem, New York, in 1952.The group was an influential musical act that performed into the mid-1960s and had a Top 20 R&B hit with "Church Bells May Ring", a song which was covered with greater commercial success by The Diamonds.
Two members of the Puerto Rican doo-wop group The Eternals, popular in the late 1950s with Billboard chart hit, talk of the group's contributions to the genre.
Charlie Thomas as himself; Anthony Gourdine as himself; Jerry Blavat as himself; Jay and the Americans as Themselves; Arthur C. Brooks as himself; Brian McKnight as himself; Fred Parris as himself
The Counts were a doo-wop group from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in the 1950s. [1] [2] The group included Chester Brown, James Lee, Robert Penick, Robert Wesley, and Robert Young. [3] [4] The Counts were also known as the Original Counts, as they performed with their original lineup until the death of Robert Young, in 2001. [5]