Doo-wop

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doo-wop
       n : 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