The complete book of doo wop
By: by Anthony J. Gribin, Matthew M. Schiff
Contributors: Schiff, Matthew M.
Publisher: Collectables
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Narberth, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780977379842
Subjects: Discography; Vocal groups; Doo-wop (Music); Sound recordings; Prices; Miscellanea; History and criticism
Other titles: Encyclopedia of doo wop. Vol. 1.
Description: History and listing of doo-wop music from the 1940s through the 1970s. Includes pricing for the top 1,000 doo-wop songs of all time along with quizzes and puzzles to test knowledge of doo-wop music.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Iola, WI : Krause Publications, 2000.

Issued together with 4-CD boxed set, Encyclopedia of doo wop, Vol. 1 (090431094129; COL-CD-0941; COL-CD-0051).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-493) and discography (p. 281-489).
Table of contents: title: G.R.A.B. A. T.U.S.H. (Group rhythm and blues and teen urban streetcorner harmony); title: No respect; title: Websterizing doo-wop; title: Making sense of nonsense; title: Getting to first bass; title: Getting the lead out; title: Evolution. The primordial musical ooze ; The birth of doo-wop; title: Doo-wopuzzles; title: People of pallor; title: Group her-mony; title: Some idiosyncracies of doo-wop; title: Doo-wogeography. Baltimore/D.C. ; New York ; Chicago ; Los Angeles ; Philadelphia ; Southern sounds; title: Doo-wopolitics; title: The teen menace; title: High school confidential; title: The technology of the doo-wop era; title: The personality deejays; title: Indies vs. the establishment; title: The street corner singers; title: "God digs doo-wops, man"; title: Songstories; title: The top 1,000 doo-wop songs; title: D.W.A.T. (The doo-wop attitude test); title: Appendix 1. Solutions to puzzles and quizzes and D.W.A.T.; title: Appendix 2. One hundred recommended pre-doo-wop group sounds; title: Appendix 3. Geographical data on groups; title: Songography; title: Bibliography.