DOO-WOP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing
   • characterized by close four-part harmonies
   • the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
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