Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. The term was coined by a DJ, Gus Gossert, in the 1970s referring to (mostly) white Rock & Roll groups of the late 50s and early 60s. It became the fashion in the 1990s to keep expanding the definition backward to take in Rhythm & Blues groups from the mid-1950s and then further back to include groups from the early 1950s and even the 1940s. There is absolutely no consensus of opinion as to what constitutes a Doo-Wop song, and many, many aficionados of R&B music dislike the term intensely.
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I used to have many hundreds of 45 r.p.m. records but they were in very poor condition, having been played repeatedly on cheap "phonographs". Here are ten of my all time favorites. Just click on the link to hear the song:
Bad Boy - The Jive Bombers
The Fool - Sanford Clark
You Cheated - The Shields
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Pledge Of Love - Ken Copeland
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
Oh Julie - The Crescendos
Little Darling - The Gladiolas
Roses Are Blooming - Joe Therrien Jr. & the Rockets
Roses Are Blooming - The Silvatones
Chi-Wa-Wa - The Silvatones
OK, 11 of my favorites!
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