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Doo-Wop

Doo-Wop is a style of vocal-based Rhythm and blues music popular in the mid to late 1950s in America. The style is characterized by harmony vocals that utilize nonsense syllables from which the name of the style is derived. Examples of Doo-Wop can be found in the music of The Turbans, The Penguins, and Jackie and the Starlites[?].

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