By Eli (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 07:42 pm:

Can anyone name some nonsense backing vocals as in the Velvelettes "bop bop sookie doo wah (or something like that) correct me J.L.
or as in the Flamingos"doo wop shoo bop" or as in the Chiffons "doo lang doo lang doo lang or even Da doo run run.

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 08:31 pm:

Does the beginning of Barbara Lewis' "Hello stranger" qualify. I believe the Dells go "Doo wap, doo wap, my baby(twice), then Barbara chimes in ...hello stranger

By dvdmike (12.84.143.110) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 09:00 pm:

The background parts on the Platters' "The Great Pretender" weren't all that terrific

By John Lester (81.132.11.171) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 03:01 am:

lolol! And thank you for giving the VELVELETTES a mention Bobby

I used to love Mary Wells's "On Little Boy (What Did You Do To Me)"..

ooo, look at me, (sho bub sho bub)
And it's only been a few days (sho bub sho bub)

That line never struck me as funny until I saw a man miming to it dressed up as a pregnant woman!

And I love the Mmmmmmwa...on I'm Gonna Walk Right Up To Him, Give Him A Great Big Kiss (Mmmmmmmmmmwa) from the Shangri Las

By BankHouseDave (195.93.50.9) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 04:58 am:

Was it the Marcels who did that classic version of Blue Moon? It started with a whole lot of dinga dang dings and then went into the song?

Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?

And Mott the Hoople's background singers sang Sha na na na push push. (Roll away the stone)

By LG Nilsson (212.247.9.242) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 05:10 am:

The lyrics in "Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" by Barry Mann from 1961 explain it all... Doo-Wop made in heaven!

Words and Music by Barry Mann and Gerry Goffin


I'd like to thank the guy
Who wrote the song
That made my baby
Fall in love with me

Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)

When my baby heard
"Bomp bah bah bomp "
"Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singin'
"Rama lama lama lama"
"Rama ding dong"
She said we'd never have to part
So

Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)

Each time that we're alone
Boogity boogity boogity
Boogity boogity boogity shoo
Sets my baby's heart all aglow
And everytime we dance to
Dip da dip da dip
Dip da dip da dip
She always says she loves me so
So

Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)

while most backups do a series of 4 (bomp bah bomp bah bomp, rama lama ding dong, dip da
dip da dip, boogity boogity shoo)'s and one solo backup is singing "oh-oh-oh"'s

Backups conclude with 3 more (bomp bah bomp bah bomp, rama lama ding dong, dip da dip da
dip, boogity boogity shoo)'s with that same soloist overlaying "oh-oh-oh"s

Lars

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 08:27 am:

THE TEMPS{WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE..THE WAY YOU TREAT ME IS JUST UNFAIR..LALALALA}

By Eli (152.163.188.68) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 08:53 am:

Get a job...The Sillhouettes shananana shanananana
In the still of the night shoodoop shhobeedoo
Baby its you The Shirells
Used to be my girl. The Ojays

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:09 am:

SPEEDO..BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM SAHDAH DAHDAH.

By douglasm (68.113.15.28) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:19 am:

Don't remember the lyric or artist(not enough coffee yet), bit I've got
"Mr. Bassman"
running through my brain.

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:30 am:

HEY MR.BASSMAN YOU'VE REALLY GOT THAT SOMETHING,BOOBOOBOOBOOBOOMBOOM!COOOOOOLL!

By Vonnie (205.188.209.38) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 02:41 pm:

What about Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Shimmy Shimmy KoKo Bop", and The Bosstones "Mope-Itty-Mope". The Collegians, "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" and The Chords, Sh-boom. Gene Pitney's, "Every Breath I Take", (bop, bop, shoe-bee-doo-bop
Roy Orbison Only The Lonely (dom dom dom doobeedoowah yeah yeah yeah yeah ahh),
del Vikings Come Go With Me (dom dom dom dom dom dom be dooby)

By Fury13 (209.69.165.10) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 07:21 pm:

One of the best is "Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman)" by the Cellos from 1957. Certainly not PC now, though!

"Well, he goes, a rang tang ding dong ranky sanky..."

By Greg C. (209.71.79.178) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 09:26 pm:

The Marvelettes "As Long As I Know He's Mine"
written and produced by Smokey Robinson

Gladys Horton on lead and Wanda Young, Katherine Anderson, and Georganna Tilman on background( No assistance from the Andantes)

Lead: There may be clouds in the sky
Background: Ba bah Loo, Ba Bah Loo
Lead: And even if it starts to rain
Background: Ba Bah Loo, Ba Bah Loo
Lead : My days are bright as can be
Background: Ba Bah Loo, Ba Bah Loo
Lead: No, you won't catch me complainin'
Background: Ba Bah Loo, Ba Bah Loo...

1962 Motown, I love it!

By fayette (152.163.188.68) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:19 am:

what about blue moon.boub ditty boub de boup
de boup boup

By Nish (170.224.224.102) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:30 am:

the "rundy-rundy-papa-boom-run-dun..." was a very popular background on countless R&B tunes including Mickey and Sylvia's "Se De Boom Run Dun."

Also, the Miracles "chinga-chinga-papa" on "I Need Some Money" is pretty neat and different.

You also have Jake Carey's bass on the Flamingos' "Need Your Love" with the very unique "baaaaa-ba-ba-do-ba," which is one of my faves.

By Eli (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 06:41 am:

Also the Shirells first record on Tiara and then Decca.. I met him on a sunday.
Doo rundy rundy rundy poppa .....

By the way the term "doo wop" itself was taken from a lot of the early r& b group harmony records such as Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers etc.,which featured that very backing riff although in a lot of cases it was "doo wah" especially on a lot of ballads of the era.

This phenomenon was developed by the early "corner" singers who did not have the luxury of having backing musicians, therefore having to imitate these sounds vocally as "human beat boxes" do today, and therefore creating
a whole genre of music.

By Dick Gamble (216.93.58.209) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 08:09 am:

Nonsense lines in "Just A Gigolo" Recorded by Ted Lewis in 1931 Later in 1957 by the writer Louis Prima and in 1957 by David Lee Roth.

"Bip bozadee bodzee bop le bop"

"Hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla boobuhla hummala bebhumla zeebuhla bop"

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 08:56 am:

HOW BOUT THE MIRACLES{I LOVE YOUR BABY..DUNDUNDUNDEDUNDUNDUNDEDUNDEDUN]

By Eli (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 09:05 am:

Tee Nah Nah, OO Poo Pah Doo,( Various N.O.L.A. artists,Shoo Bee Doo Bee Doo Bee Doo Dah Day
( Stevie)
Honey Love.. The Drifters
You got to be startin somethin' M.J.(mama see mama say mama sookasah) could work on the Mom thread too huh??
The name game.Shirley Ellis
Lip Sync...Len Barry

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 09:54 am:

THE COASTERS{TURTLE DOVIN..BY DIN DUWOPWOPWOP}

By mhc (172.153.219.41) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 10:01 am:

It's not R&B but, on "Monster Mash", during the bridge the singers sing "wah-oo tennis shoe..". And there's The Beatles doing "tit tit tit.." during "Girl". And here's an obscure one: On "Canyons of Your Mind", a doo-wop parody by The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, they sing "frying pan, frying pan" as a background part..

By douglasm (68.113.15.28) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 10:12 am:

Out of genre, but what's in the backround of Gordon Lightfoot's "Talking In Your Sleep"?
"Dig a potato"?

By Livonia Ken (136.2.1.101) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 10:32 am:

It's not really a backing vocal, but Slim Harpo's "Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu" is some wonderful nonsense.

Regards,
Ken

By Livonia Ken (136.2.1.101) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 10:45 am:

Oh, and if Marshall can mention the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, then I get to mention the Rutles' "Blue Suede Schubert" which borrows the backing line from the Shirelles as filtered through the Beatles' "Boys" (Bop Shoo-Wop/ Bop Bop Shoo-Wop) and modifies it to (Bop Schubert/ Bop Bop Schubert).

Regards,
Ken

By Livonia Ken (136.2.1.101) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:46 pm:

George Clinton - Atomic Dog: "Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay"

Regards,
Ken

By BankHouseDave (195.93.50.9) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 03:44 pm:

All right, you asked for it: Ninny nanny noony, Noonie nanny ninnie, etc, etc. Good Morning Starshine by Oliver

By mhc (172.154.163.88) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 09:06 pm:

Two rather crazed record intros just popped into my head, both sung by bass singers: The intro to "Heartaches" by The Marcels went, if I remember correctly: "Dip dip dip dip , werp a werp werp, um um um um, bomp a bomp bomp, doom dida doom-doom doom-doom, Heartaches...". And there's a Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers record that starts out with "Oodly pappa cow.. " I forget the rest.

By Eli (151.197.37.64) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:37 pm:

Nee nee nah nah nah nah nono
dickie doo and the donts..Swan