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Thread #90904   Message #1726539
Posted By: Ron Davies
24-Apr-06 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: The Italian Roots Of Doo Wop
Subject: RE: The Italian Roots Of Doo Wop
I suppose it depends on your definition of doo-wop. Does it include songs like Runaround Sue and Wanderer, where it's a soloist and accompaniment--Dion sure is Italian-American--- or is it mainly the songs where there are several independent voices which together make up the sound? I would think the soloist tradition would be more Italian than the street-corner harmony approach--but I sure don't claim to be an authority.