Doo-Wop In The African American Pop Culture

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Likewise, Doo-wop also became a target of white artists as vocal harmony ballad singing was relatively effortless to copy. It took a little longer to emerge in the white community compared to R&B for the reason that it wasn’t as readily marketable. The limited amount of record companies that specialized in doo-wop only had markets in the African American community. It was obvious to the white artists that they wouldn’t be able to compete against black doo-wop in the African American market. As interracial bands such as “The Del Vikings”, “The Crests”, “Dion and The Belmonts” started forming, doo-wop picked up momentum and audience’s attention shifted away from the African American groups for the first time. As soon as white cover versions of

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