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"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is a 1998 number-one single by American R&B singer/rapper Lauryn Hill, included on her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an American vocalist, singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress. ...
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by Lauryn Hill of the recently reunited Fugees. ...
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Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an American vocalist, singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress. ...
Cant Take My Eyes Off You was a 1967 single by Frankie Valli. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an American vocalist, singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress. ...
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by Lauryn Hill of the recently reunited Fugees. ...
As a Single
While not Hill's first solo single (she had previously released "The Sweetest Thing" and a cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" from separate soundtrack albums), "Doo Wop" was her first, and some consider only major solo success: it became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the fall of 1998, and won two Grammy Awards the following February. The successes of "Doo Wop" and the Miseducation album established Hill as a success outside of her group, The Fugees. Cant Take My Eyes Off You was a 1967 single by Frankie Valli. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...
The Fugees are a critically acclaimed music band from the United States, popular during the mid-1990s, whose repertoire includes primarily hip hop, with elements of soul, and Caribbean music (particularly reggae). ...
As a Message The song is a warning from Hill to African-American men and women caught in "the struggle". Both the women who "try to be a hardrock when they really are a gem", and the men who are overly "concerned with his rims, and his Timbs, more than his women", are admonished by Hill, who warns them not to allow "that thing" to ruin their lives. Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ...
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Awards and Recognition "Doo Wop (That Thing)" is included as number 359 on the Songs of the Century list. At the Grammy Awards of 1999, the song won two awards: Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song's music video won four 1999 MTV Video Music Awards for: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, Best Art Direction, and Best Video of the Year. The Songs of the Century list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. ...
The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999. ...
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriters Award) has been awarded since 1969. ...
The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ...
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
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Music Video The music video for Doo Wop (That Thing) was filmed using a split screen technique, the video features Hill performing "Doo Wop" at block parties in two different eras: the mid-1960s and the late-1990s. The video, directed by Big TV!, was filmed in Washington Heights, Manhattan. An example of split screen used in the sitcom That 70s Show. ...
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Cover Versions Devendra Banhart has covered the song during live performances including Bonnaroo 2006, the Pitchfork Music Festival and Tim Festival 2006, in Brazil. Amy Winehouse has also incorporated the song into her own "He Can Only Hold Her" at live concerts in 2006 and 2007. Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981, in Houston, Texas, USA) is a folk rock singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. ...
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