doo-wop
[ doo-wop ]
/ ˈduˌwɒp /
noun Popular Music.
a style of small-group vocal harmonizing, commercialized as a type of so-called street singing in the 1950s, in which words and nonsense syllables are chanted in rhythmic harmony to support the stylized melody of the lead singer.
Origin of doo-wop
representing the chanted syllables
Words nearby doo-wop
Example sentences from the Web for doo-wop
I used to sing just to do it, but then Art put together a doo-wop group.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou |John Ed Bradley |April 27, 2014 |DAILY BEASTI knew a doo-wop group that sings in the subway and around the city, and I wanted to get them involved.
Doo-Wop ‘We Can’t Stop’: Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover |Kevin Fallon |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEASTAmy Winehouse incorporated a lot of Motown and soul and doo-wop into her stuff, an updated version of it.
Doo-Wop ‘We Can’t Stop’: Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover |Kevin Fallon |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEASTThis kind of situation happened over and over again in the big-band years and later during the doo-wop era.
British Dictionary definitions for doo-wop
doo-wop
/ (ˈduːˌwɒp) /
noun
rhythm-and-blues harmony vocalizing developed by unaccompanied street-corner groups in the US in the 1950s
Word Origin for doo-wop
C20: of imitative origin