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This is a list of doo-wop musicians. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee Andrews ...
The Checkers (American band) The Chevrons; The Chiffons; The Chimes (American band) The Chips; The Chords (American band) The Classics; The Cleftones; The Clovers; The Coasters; The Collegians; The Colts (vocal group) The Contours; The Corsairs; The Counts; The Court Jesters (band) The Crescents; The Crests; The Crew-Cuts; The Crows; The Cues
Such composers as Rodgers and Hart (in their 1934 song "Blue Moon"), and Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser (in their 1938 "Heart and Soul") used a I–vi–ii–V-loop chord progression in those hit songs; composers of doo-wop songs varied this slightly but significantly to the chord progression I–vi–IV–V, so influential that it is sometimes referred to as the '50s progression.
The Three Playmates, a female R&B doo-wop trio from Newark, New Jersey, with sisters Lucille & Alma Beatty, whose song "Sugah Wooga" made Billboard Hot 100 in 1958; Tierra, a Latin R&B band, first established in the 1970s by former El Chicano members Steve Salas (vocals) and his brother Rudy Salas (guitar)
Doo-wop groups (195 P) M. ... Pages in category "Doo-wop" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... '50s progression; C. Coed Records; D. Doo ...
Two members of the Puerto Rican doo-wop group The Eternals, popular in the late 1950s with Billboard chart hit, talk of the group's contributions to the genre.
Doo-Wop, a genre of rhythm & blues music that originated in the 1940s, rose in prominence along with the rise of rock & roll. Popular doo-wop artists of the 1950s include The Platters, Dion and the Belmonts, Frankie Lymon, The Five Satins, The Flamingos, and The Del-Vikings.
List of R&B musicians encompasses sub-genres such as urban-contemporary, doo wop, southern, neo-soul and soul, indie, alternative, country, rap, ska, funk, pop, rock, electronic and new jack swing fusions.