Doo-Wop Central
Today on Rocketboom NYC, Ella interviews Doo-Wop subway musicians Select Blendz at Doo-Wop Central. For show credits: http://bit.ly/f0lGRT Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! http://twitter.com/rocketboom Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! http://facebook.com/rocketboom Some of the footage used for today's episode was taken from Matt Finlin's upcoming documentary, Below New York http://www.camlinproductions.com/belo-new-york/ Seeing ads? Shoot over to Rocketboom.com for an ad free experience. **Update May 20, 2014: This video will be removed from YouTube in the near future. Would you like to host a copy on your channel? Soon, Rocketboom will be starting anew and all archives from 2004 through 2013 will be deleted. If this is an episode you would like to see remain free and openly available to the public, we'll consider sending you a free copy to host on your YouTube channel with a simple agreement. Please contact us at licensing@rocketboom.com for more information.
About doo wop
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal ove...
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