n [ U ]
an African-American style of singing popular in the 1950s. It involved groups singing in harmony, and nonsense phrases like ‘doo-wop’ and ‘sha-boom’ regularly repeated. Early doo-wop groups included the Drifters and the Platters.
DOO-WOP
Meaning of DOO-WOP in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005