The Doo-Wop Dacades (book)

The Doo-Wop Decades
book by B. Lee Cooper & Frank W. Hoffmann

The Doo-Wop Decades highlights prominent Doo-Wop artists and their most well-known recordings, focusing primarily on the 1945-to-1965 period of American music.
The initial section of this volume identifies key Doo-Wop performers in alphabetical order and features brief listings of print references about their careers.
The second section presents a selection of representative Doo-Wop single recordings arranged alphabetically by song title.
This singles discography is followed by a listing of post-1966 recordings that demonstrate the influence of earlier Doo-Wop stylings.
The following two sections contain lists of contemporary CDs which offer 21st century listeners the opportunity to enjoy individual Doo-Wop artists in album-length performances or collections of signature Doo-Wop hits by multiple performers in large compilations.
A detailed general bibliograpahy provides pint resources, both articles and books, that explore specific Doo-Wop groups as well as more general music subjects such as blues, gospel, rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll.