Today’s Zippy:has the denizens of Dingburg’s Beatnik District bopping on the bongos: Shades of Mr. Zopittybop-Bop-Bop (here)! More play on nonsense syllables — bebop, rebop, plain bop, oobity, doo-wop, etc. — from various musical genres: R&B in Lionel Hampton’s “Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop” (1946), “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” from Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950), rockabilly in Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956), the Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, … Continue reading Zippy bops