We have booked Celebrity Artists from coast to coast in the United States as well as England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan and almost everywhere else.. The meaning of DOO is dove. Enterprising deejays used mobile sound systems to create impromptu street parties. One such group, the Penguins, included Cleveland "Cleve" Duncan and Dexter Tisby, former classmates at Fremont High School in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. [116], Young black singers in Philadelphia helped create the doo-wop vocal harmony style developing in the major cities of the US during the 1950s. The following 195 pages are in this category, out of 195 total. Online tuition for regular school students and home schooling children with clear options for high school completion certification from recognized boards is provided with quality content and coaching. Frankie Laine referred to it as "rock and roll"; Lymon's extreme youth appealed to a young and enthusiastic audience. They won only third place, but Godfrey invited them back twice. [62], Vee-Jay Records and Chess Records were the main labels recording doo-wop groups in Chicago. [85], In 1962, Frank Zappa, with his friend Ray Collins, wrote the doo-wop song "Memories of El Monte". helped me to continue my class without quitting job. [24][25], "Doo-wop" is itself a nonsense expression. #31 of 152. It's a style of smooth harmony singing without any, or with minimal, instrumental accompaniment, almost exclusively sung by male groups, and is notable for its simplicity, innocence, and joyousness. Mars says he has "a special place in [his] heart for old-school music".[187]. [82], The Jaguars, from Fremont High School, was one of the first interracial vocal groups; it consisted of two African Americans, a Mexican American, and a Polish-Italian American. This angered white supremacists, who considered rhythm and blues and rock and roll a danger to America's youth. [46], Bobby Robinson, a native of South Carolina, was an independent record producer and songwriter in Harlem who helped popularize doo-wop music in the 1950s. [85], Early doo-wop music, dating from the late 1940s and early 1950s, was especially popular in the Northeast industrial corridor from New York to Philadelphia,[86] and New York City was the world capital of doo-wop. The last doo-wop record to reach the top ten on the U.S. pop charts was "It's Alright" by Huey Lewis and the News, a doo-wop adaptation of the Impressions' 1963 Top 5 smash hit. (l to r) Angelo D'Aleo, Fred Milanop, Carlo M