A genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
Noun
a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
Usage Examples
doo-wop, sdoo-wop, edoo-wop, fdoo-wop, xdoo-wop, cdoo-wop, soo-wop, eoo-wop, foo-wop, xoo-wop, coo-wop, dsoo-wop, deoo-wop, dfoo-wop, dxoo-wop, dcoo-wop, dioo-wop, d9oo-wop, d0oo-wop, dpoo-wop, dloo-wop, dio-wop, d9o-wop, d0o-wop, dpo-wop, dlo-wop, doio-wop, do9o-wop, do0o-wop, dopo-wop, dolo-wop, doio-wop, do9o-wop, do0o-wop, dopo-wop, dolo-wop, doi-wop, do9-wop, do0-wop, dop-wop, dol-wop, dooi-wop, doo9-wop, doo0-wop, doop-wop, dool-wop, doo0-wop, doo+-wop, doop-wop, doo{-wop, doo0wop, doo+wop, doopwop, doo{wop, doo-0wop, doo-+wop, doo-pwop, doo-{wop, doo-qwop, doo-2wop, doo-3wop, doo-ewop, doo-awop, doo-swop, doo-qop, doo-2op, doo-3op, doo-eop, doo-aop, doo-sop, doo-wqop, doo-w2op, doo-w3op, doo-weop, doo-waop, doo-wsop, doo-wiop, doo-w9op, doo-w0op, doo-wpop, doo-wlop, doo-wip, doo-w9p, doo-w0p, doo-wpp, doo-wlp, doo-woip, doo-wo9p, doo-wo0p, doo-wopp, doo-wolp, doo-woop, doo-wo0p, doo-wolp, doo-woo, doo-wo0, doo-wol, doo-wopo, doo-wop0, doo-wopl.