"Doo-wop" is a form of close-harmony singing, based in rhythm-and-blues. The style became popular in the 1950s, originating among African-American vocal groups in urban centers. One of the most common rhythm phrases used by 1950s groups...

Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which was started in the black community and became popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in the United...

Steve Holsey Michigan Chronicle 07-05-1994 A salute to Doo-Wop. By Steve Holsey ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Doo-wop, a form of closeharmony singing that was at its peak in the 1950's, is still with us today. Seldom is it acknowledged, but groups such...

JUSTO BAUTISTA, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-10-2003 Doo-wop it for love -- They're not reviving Fifties music. They just never stopped. By JUSTO BAUTISTA, STAFF WRITER Date: 08-10-2003, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday Somewhere, the doo-wop gods...

Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.Medress died Monday at his...

Feeling a bit goofy from my cousin's wedding, my son and I emerged around midnight from the D.J. din of the banquet hall on Fifth and 10th. Vodka and sodas had me pretty well lit, and he-well, so far, just soda for him. It was...