Editing Doo-wop (section)

===Origin of the name===
Although the musical style originated in the late 1940s and was very popular in the 1950s, the term "doo-wop" itself did not appear in print until 1961, when it was used in reference to [[the Marcels]]' song, "Blue Moon", in ''[[The Chicago Defender]]'',<ref name="Pruter1996">{{cite book|author=Robert Pruter|title=Doowop: The Chicago Scene|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j06dhDdsgioC&pg=PR12|year=1996|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06506-4|page=xii}}</ref><ref name="Weinstein2015">{{cite book|author=Deena Weinstein|title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8WnBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|date=27 January 2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0018-8|page=58}}</ref> just as the style's vogue was nearing its end. Though the name was attributed to radio disc jockey Gus Gossert, he did not accept credit, stating that "doo-wop" was already in use in [[California]] to categorize the music.<ref name=Electric2007>{{cite web | title= Where'd We Get the Name Doo-wop?| work=electricearl.com|url=http://www.electricearl.com/dws/origin.html|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="Pitilli201628">{{cite book|author=Lawrence Pitilli|title=Doo-Wop Acappella: A Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTO5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|date=2 August 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4430-6|page=28}}</ref>

"Doo-wop" is itself a nonsense expression. In [[the Delta Rhythm Boys]]' 1945 recording, "Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin", it is heard in the [[backing vocal]]. It is heard later in [[the Clovers]]' 1953 release "Good Lovin'" (Atlantic Records 1000), and in the chorus of Carlyle Dundee & the Dundees' 1954 song "Never" (Space Records 201). The first hit record with "doo-wop" being harmonized in the refrain was [[the Turbans]]' 1955 hit, "When You Dance" (Herald Records H-458).<ref name=Electric2007 /><ref name="Pitilli201627">{{cite book|author=Lawrence Pitilli|title=Doo-Wop Acappella: A Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTO5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|date=2 August 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4430-6|page=27}}</ref> The Rainbows embellished the phrase as "do wop de wadda" in their 1955 "Mary Lee" (on [[Red Robin Records]]; also a Washington, D.C. regional hit on Pilgrim 703); and in their 1956 national hit, "[[In the Still of the Night (1956 song)|In the Still of the Night]]", [[the Five Satins]]<ref>{{cite web|author=The Five Satins |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-five-satins-mn0000061479 |title=The Five Satins {{pipe}} Biography, Albums, Streaming Links |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> sang across the bridge with a plaintive "doo-wop, doo-wah".<ref name="Gregory2019">{{cite book|author=Georgina Gregory|title=Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31|date=3 April 2019|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-429-64845-8|page=31}}</ref>