Doo-wop

Origin

Coined by a DJ, Gus Gossert, in the 1970s referring to (mostly) white rock & roll groups of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The name is onomotapoeic of the nonsensical backing vocals of some songs of the genre.

Full definition of doo-wop

Noun

1. A style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America characterized by nonsensical backing vocals.