Various Essential Doo-Wop Soul (2-CD)

(Not Now Music) 40 tracks

The forgotten part of rock'n'roll was doo-wop, associated mostly with the big cities like New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. But what is doo-wop? The Oxford English Dictionary calls it "a style of popular music characterized by the use of close harmony voices with meaningless phrases that originated in the United States in the 1950s."

The enduring image of doo-wop is four kids singing under a streetlight, in the doorway of an apartment building, probably black, and probably in Harlem. If you had confronted the singers of these bands with the term doo-wop back then, they probably would have been confused because there was no such term at the time. They considered themselves to be vets of rock and roll or rhythm and blues, and the descriptive term "doo wop" was not created until 1969 for some radio broadcasts in New York.

Today, Doo Wop fans collect 45s originals and some of them are worth thousands of dollars. This 2CD contains 40 tracks and the original singles are indeed very valuable in many cases.(Not Now Music) 40 tracks

The forgotten part of rock'n'roll was doo-wop, associated mostly with the big cities like New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. But what is doo-wop? The Oxford English Dictionary calls it "a style of popular music characterized by the use of close harmony voices with meaningless phrases that originated in the United States in the 1950s."

The enduring image of doo-wop is four kids singing under a streetlight, in the doorway of an apartment building, probably black, and probably in Harlem. If you had confronted the singers of these bands with the term doo-wop back then, they probably would have been confused because there was no such term at the time. They considered themselves to be vets of rock and roll or rhythm and blues, and the descriptive term "doo wop" was not created until 1969 for some radio broadcasts in New York.

Today, Doo Wop fans collect 45s originals and some of them are worth thousands of dollars. This 2CD contains 40 tracks and the original singles are indeed very valuable in many cases.