Also spelled Doowop and Doo Wop, is a genre of Rhythm and Blues music that originated among African-American youth in the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles.
It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal over background vocals. Harmonic singing of nonsense syllables (such as "doo-wop") is a common characteristic of these songs.
Gaining popularity in the 1950s, Doo-Wop was "artistically and commercially viable" until the early 1960s, but continued to influence performers in other genres.

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Listen to some classic Doo-Wop Jivers below.