History Main / Doowop

* SaltAndPepper: There were quite a few groups who had both black and white members, like The Dell-Vikings and The Marcels.

Several films have used doowop on the soundtrack, including ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/SixteenCandles'', ''Film/ABronxTale'', usually as a period piece.

* TheBarber: Several doowop bands originated from barbershops.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: Despite the fact that there have been Italian-American, Hispanic, and other races of doowop bands in pop culture all doowop bands will always be portrayed as Afro-American.

* AnimalMotifs: Many doowop bands named themselves after song birds: The Swallows, The Ravens, The Orioles, The Blue Jays and The Sky Larks. [[ArtisticLicenseOrnithology Some even choose birds that can't sing]]: The Penguins, The Crows, The Flamingos,...!

Doowop or Doo-wop is a style of RAndB and pop music characterized by close harmony singing, usually by male choirs. It is influenced by {{Gospel Music}}, but less religious. Most doowop songs are love ballads, which suits the beautiful melodies perfectly. Due to the WeirdAlEffect younger generations who hear other artists use the doowop singing sound may sometimes think musicians [[PlayedForLaughs are playing it for laughs]]. The high pitched silly voices and greasy arrangements are nevertheless very typical of the style.

* The Flamingos: Best remembered for "I Only Have Eyes For You", with the amazing "shi-bop-she-bop" echo effect, produced by the band's close harmony.

* The Beach Boys: "Surfer Girl", "In My Room," "Little Deuce Coupe" (1963), and a cover of the Del Vikings' "Come Go With Me" (1978)

* Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: "Mack The Knife" (1960), "Sherry" (1962)

The genre originated in TheForties and TheFifties, alongside RAndB, but its popularity faded away at the start of the 1960s in favor of {{Soul}}. Nevertheless doowop had an enormous impact on pop music. It was the TropeNamer for the DooWopProgression that is still in vogue today. Music/DavidBowie also likes using doowop in his music. "Drive-In Saturday" from ''Music/AladdinSane'' (1973) and "Golden Years" (1979) from ''Music/StationToStation'' are sung in this style.

Music/FrankZappa adored the genre since teenagehood. His singers often sing in a harmony that is typical of the style. ''Music/CruisingWithRubenAndTheJets'' (1968), was a straight faced {{Homage}} to the genre that baffled a lot of his AvantGardeMusic and {{Rock}} fans. The line "my ship of love is ready to attack" in "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)" from ''Music/UncleMeat'' (1969) is a reference to "Ship of Love" by the Nutmegs. "Valerie", from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich'' (1960) was a doowop cover, originally by Jackie & The Starlites. He namedropped "Sixteen Candles" by The Crests in "Eddie Are You Kidding?" from ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' (1973). Zappa quoted from "Nite Owl" by Tony Allen & The Champs (1954) during the TitleTrack of ''Music/JoesGarage'' and on that same album he also referenced "I'm The Japanese Sandman" by The Cellos. On ''Music/ThemOrUs'' (1984) Zappa covered "The Closer You Are" by The Channels. "Cock-Suckers Ball" on ''Music/DoesHumorBelongInMusic'' (1986), was a cover by The Clovers. "No No Cherry" from ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Volume 4' (1991) is a cover of The Turbans. The yell "Lu-Ann" Zappa uses in a lot of his music from the 1980s on is a reference to "Lu-Ann" by Little Sunny Day & The Clouds.

* The Cellos: They had a hit with their cover of "I'm The Japanese Sandman" (1957), which they dubbed "Rang Tang Ding Dong" to avoid copyright issues. Unfortunately many interested buyers failed to find this single because of it different title.

* The Chords: "Sh-Boom" (1954), which was covered by the Crew-Cuts later that year.
* The Chordettes: "Mr. Sandman" (1954) and "Lollipop" (1958).

* The Flamingos: Best remembered for "I Only Have Eyes For You", with the amazing "shi-bop-she-bop" echo effect, produced by the bands' close harmony.

* Lloyd Price: "Personality" (1959)

* The Regents: "Barbara-Ann" (1961).
* The Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (1962) and "The Bird's the Word" (1963).

* The Clovers: One of the few doowop bands to have a whole string of hits: "Don't You Know I Love You?" (1951), "One Mint Julep" (1951), "Fool, Fool, Fool" (1951) and "Love Potion #9" (1959). They are also notorious for a bawdy parody of "Darktown Strutter's Ball" called "Cock-Suckers' Ball" (1954).

* The Kingsmen: "Louie Louie" (1963), "The Name Of The Place Is I Like It Like That" (1965)

->''"I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart."

Several films have used doowop on the soundtrack, including ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'',''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/SixteenCandles'', ''Film/ABronxTale'', usually as a period piece.

'''Doowop''' or '''Doo-wop''' is a style of RAndB and pop music characterized by close harmony singing, usually by male choirs. It is influenced by {{Gospel Music}}, but less religious. Most doowop songs are love ballads, which suits the beautiful melodies perfectly. Due to the WeirdAlEffect younger generations who hear other artists use the doowop singing sound may sometimes think musicians [[PlayedForLaughs are playing it for laughs]]. The high pitched silly voices and greasy arrangements are nevertheless very typical of the style.

The genre originated in TheForties and TheFifties, alongside RAndB, but its popularity faded away at the start of the 1960s in favor of {{Soul}}. Nevertheless doowop had an enormous impact on pop music. It was the TropeNamer for the DooWopProgression that is still in vogue today. Music/DavidBowie also likes using doowop in his music. "Saturday" from ''Music/AladdinSane'' (1973) and "Golden Years" (1979) from ''Music/StationToStation'' are sang in the style.

* Music/TheInkSpots: 1930s and 1940s R&B band who were are precedent of the genre.

* The Kingsmen: "The Name Of The Place Is I Like It Like That" (1965)

Music/FrankZappa adored the genre since teenagehood. His singers often sing in a harmony that is typical of the style. ''Music/CruisingWithRubenAndTheJets'' (1968), was a straight faced {{Homage}} to the genre that baffled a lot of his AvantGardeMusic and {{Rock}} fans. The line "my ship of love is ready to attack" in "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)" from ''Music/UncleMeat'' (1969) is a reference to "Ship Of Love" by the Nutmegs. "Valerie", from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich'' (1960) was a doowop cover, originally by Jackie & The Starlites. He namedropped "Sixteen Candles" by The Crests in "Eddie Are You Kidding?" from ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' (1973). Zappa quoted from "Nite Owl" by Tony Allen & The Champs (1954) during the TitleTrack of ''Music/JoesGarage'' and on that same album he also referenced "I'm The Japanese Sandman" by The Cellos. On ''Music/ThemOrUs'' (1984) Zappa covered "The Closer You Are" by The Channels. "Cock-Suckers Ball" on ''Music/DoesHumorBelongInMusic'' (1986), was a cover by The Clovers. "No No Cherry" from "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4" (1991) is a cover of The Turbans. The yell "Lu-Ann" Zappa uses in a lot of his music from the 1980s on is a reference to "Lu-Ann" by Little Sunny Day & The Clouds.

* BreakUpSong: A recurring genre in a lot of these songs.

The genre originated in TheForties and TheFifties, alongside RAndB, but its popularity faded away at the start of the 1960s in favor of {{Soul}}. Nevertheless doowop had an enormous impact on pop music. It was the TropeNamer for the DoowopProgression that is still in vogue today. Music/DavidBowie also likes using doowop in his music. "Saturday" from ''Music/AladdinSane'' (1973) and "Golden Years" (1979) from ''Music/StationToStation'' are sang in the style.

'''Doowop''' or '''Doo-wop''' is an Afro-American and Italian-American music style characterized by close harmony singing, usually by male choirs. It is influenced by {{Gospel Music}}, but less religious. Most doowop songs are love ballads, which suits the beautiful melodies perfectly. Due to the WeirdAlEffect younger generations who hear other artists use the doowop singing sound may sometimes think musicians [[PlayedForLaughs are playing it for laughs]]. The high pitched silly voices and greasy arrangements are nevertheless very typical of the style.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: Despite the fact that there have been Italian-American and Hispanic doowop bands in pop culture all doowop bands will always be portrayed as Afro-American.

Music/FrankZappa adored the genre since teenagehood. His singers often sing in a harmony that is typical of the style. ''Music/CruisingWithRubenAndTheJets'' (1968), was a straight faced {{Homage}} to the genre that baffled a lot of his AvantGardeMusic and {{Rock}} fans. The line "my ship of love is ready to attack" in "Dog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague)" from ''Music/UncleMeat'' (1969) is a reference to "Ship Of Love" by the Nutmegs. "Valerie", from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich'' (1960) was a doowop cover, originally by Jackie & The Starlites. He namedropped "Sixteen Candles" by The Crests in "Eddie Are You Kidding?" from ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' (1973). Zappa quoted from "Nite Owl" by Tony Allen & The Champs (1954) during the TitleTrack of ''Music/JoesGarage'' and on that same album he also referenced "I'm The Japanese Sandman" by The Cellos. On ''Music/ThemOrUs'' (1984) Zappa covered "The Closer You Are" by The Channels. "Cock-Suckers Ball" on ''Music/BroadwayTheHardWay'' (1988), was a cover by The Clovers. "No No Cherry" from "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4" (1991) is a cover of The Turbans. The yell "Lu-Ann" Zappa uses in a lot of his music from the 1980s on is a reference to "Lu-Ann" by Little Sunny Day & The Clouds.

'''Doowop''' or '''Doo-wop''' is an Afro-American and Italian-American music style characterized by close harmony singing, usually by male choirs. It is influenced by {{Gospel}}, but less religious. Most doowop songs are love ballads, which suits the beautiful melodies perfectly. Due to the WeirdAlEffect younger generations who hear other artists use the doowop singing sound may sometimes think musicians [[PlayedForLaughs are playing it for laughs]]. The high pitched silly voices and greasy arrangements are nevertheless very typical of the style.