American History of Doo- Wop So as I began this blog, I decided to choose a genre of music that I wasn't familiar with. Of course, I have heard of doo- wop, but I have never actually paid much attention to the genre. Sam Houston State University describes doo- wop as: " group harmony, a wide range of vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, light instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics". Armed with this description, I decided to head over to youtube to find an example of doo- wop to help me put a sound to the description. The first song that pops up when you type doo- wop into youtube: The music above is called Doo- Wop (That Thing). It is a "current" example of doo- wop as it was posted 12 years ago. I was actually surprised that I like the sound, the description had me concerned that I would not enjoy it. Now that we have an idea of the sound of doo- wop, we can dig deeper into the history of doo- wop. Emerging in the 1950s, doo- wop was, as is...