World Series Music Smackdown: NYC Doo-Wop vs. Philly Soul - Who Ya Got?

NYC Doo-Wop Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which developed in African-American communities in the 1940s and which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s.[1] An African-American vocal style known as doo-wop emerged from the streets of northeastern and industrial midwest cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and Pittsburgh. With its smooth, consonant vocal harmonies, doo-wop was one of the most mainstream, pop-oriented R&B styles of the 1950s and 1960s. Dion & the Belmonts The Crests Vito & the Salutations Shep & the Limelites The Regents The Mello-Kings Little Anthony & the Imperials Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers

Philly Soul Philadelphia (or Philly) soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly, is a style of soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns. The subtle sound of a glockenspiel can often be heard in the background of Philly soul songs. The genre laid the groundwork for disco and what are now considered Quiet Storm and smooth jazz by fusing the R&B rhythm sections of the 1960s with the Pop Vocal tradition, and featuring a slightly more pronounced jazz influence in its melodic structures and arrangements. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The O'Jays Hall & Oates Patti LaBelle The Spinners The Stylistics Gamble & Huff Todd Rundgren