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  • (Cue generic 1950's Doo-Wop music in the background, with shoys of bobby-soxers and greasers shimmying at a sock-hop)

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Doo-Wop Star, Motown Executive Harvey Fuqua Dies - ABC News: Harvey Fuqua, a former doo-wop star with the Moonglows who went on to launch Marvin Gaye's career as well as his comeback, died in Detroit on Tuesday, the Motown Alumni Association said.

    Archive 2010-07-04 Bill Crider 2010

  • About halfway through, however, she said Ms. Hill seemed to hit her stride with her hit "Doo-Wop That Thing."

    Lauryn Hill Returns to an Uncertain Scene John Jurgensen 2010

  • (Cue generic 1950's Doo-Wop music in the background, with shoys of bobby-soxers and greasers shimmying at a sock-hop)

    A Human Don Rickles Punchline 2008

  • High points for preserving a singing tradition not often heard elsewhere – Doo-Wop.

    Grim Grinning Ghosts performed by the ‘Cadaver Dans’ | The Disney Blog 2008

  • Media Watch: One Nation Under A Groove was best when it covered the earliest days of George's barbershop, Doo-Wop, and Soul-to-Psychedelia.

    Archive 2005-10-09 Michael Evans 2005

  • Whereas every time I turn on Channel 13 in NY, there's the same Doo-Wop Show broken up by 25 pledge breaks.

    In which I annoy you once again with the asssertion that I'm a moderate. Ann Althouse 2007

  • Media Watch: One Nation Under A Groove was best when it covered the earliest days of George's barbershop, Doo-Wop, and Soul-to-Psychedelia.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005

  • I'm listening to the "Doo-Wop Jukebox" on The Oldies Superhighway right now.

    Listening to On-Line Music Bill Crider 2006

  • I'm listening to the "Doo-Wop Jukebox" on The Oldies Superhighway right now.

    Archive 2006-10-08 Bill Crider 2006

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