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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 ...
Pages in category "Doo-wop songs" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 16 Candles (song) A.
The Camelots (doo wop group) The Capris; The Capris (Philadelphia group) The Casinos; The Castelles; The Channels; The Chantels; The Chaperones; The Charades; The Charts (American group) The Checkers (American band) The Chevrons; The Chiffons; The Chimes (American band) The Chips; The Chords (American band) The Classics; The Cleftones; The ...
The Charts were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s, most famous for their recording "Deserie".. The group formed as The Thrilltones in Harlem, New York in 1956, and comprised teenagers Joe Grier (lead), Stephen Brown (first tenor), Glenmore Jackson (second tenor), Leroy Binns (baritone), and Ross Buford (bass).
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 band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are best known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You". They have since been hailed as being one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. [1] [2] In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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.
On the other side of the spectrum, R&B-influenced acts like The Crows, The Penguins, The El Dorados, and The Turbans all scored major hits, and groups like The Platters, with songs including "The Great Pretender" (1955), and The Coasters with humorous songs like "Yakety Yak" (1958), ranked among the most successful rock and roll acts of the period.