A style of vocal-based rhythm and bluesmusic popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America characterized by nonsensical backing vocals.
Etymology
Coined by a DJ, Gus Gossert, in the 1970s referring to (mostly) white rock-and-roll groups of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The name is onomatopoeic, representing the nonsensical backing vocals of some songs of the genre.