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In 2018, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" came in at number 13 on the "New American Songbook" list by Slate. [38] In 2021, the song was ranked number 49 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. [39] "Doo Wop (That Thing)" was placed as the top song on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "The 90s: Women Who Rock" Spotify playlist. [40]
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, [2] mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
A scat is vocalized using wordless vocables and syllables (e.g. "bippity-bippity-doo-wop-razzamatazz-skoobie-doobie-shoobity-bee-bop-a-lula-shabazz") as employed by jazz singers. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.
The music video for "If This Is It" was filmed in Santa Cruz, California, in June 1984. [8] Huey is seen trying to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend (Janet Cross). [9] He sees her on the beach and at a line of midway amusements with other men, and has a flashback of a romantic night with her.
Doo Wop is a vocal-based rhythm and blues music style. Doo Wop or variants may also refer to: "Doo Wop (That Thing)", a 1998 song by Lauryn Hill; Doo Wop, a 2004 French film; Doo Wop, a form of architecture related to Googie architecture "Doo-Whop", a 2000 song by Whigfield
"Believe What I Say" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his tenth studio album, Donda (2021). The song features additional vocals from Buju Banton, Dem Jointz and Stalone; and samples "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill.
[3] [4] [5] The lead single released from the album was "Doo Wop (That Thing)", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. [6] Other charted singles from the album were "Ex-Factor", "Everything Is Everything" and "To Zion". [6] During 2000, Hill dropped out of the public eye.
The group recorded a new CD in 2000. Called 40 Years Of Doo-Wop Friendship it was released on the Q2K label. It includes not only new material but all their original selections. Harvey comments "This CD represents the culmination of lots of practice, plenty of live performances and a renewed love of this magical, musical entity we call Doo-Wop.