Doo-Wop - Rock Legends

A genre of rhythm and blues music originated in the 1940s by African American youth, in the large cities of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and Washington, DC. It features vocal group harmony, with an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal over background vocals of repeated nonsense syllables. Gaining popularity in the 1950s, Doo-Wop enjoyed its peak successes in the early 1960s, but continued to influence performers in other genres. With The Drifters, The Cleftones & The Ink Spots