[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Doo-Wop"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Thanks for pointing this out, Ben.

Wikipedia claims that "doo wop" appeared in the Chicago Defender in 1961, but I cannot find such an occurrence when I search the Defender in ProQuest.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Re: Further Antedating of "Doo-Wop"

I shared this cite here back in 2010.

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> doo-wop (OED 1969)
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> 1965 Chicago Defender 13 Nov. 26A (ProQuest)
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> People who hate rock and roll, rhythm and blues, the Beatles, and doo-wop
> singing groups, go wild about Ray Charles.
>
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