Little Esther/Robins

Savannah Churchill/Four Tunes

Ruth Brown/Delta Rhythm Boys Voted into Rock Hall

Dinah Washington/Ravens Voted into the Rock Hall

Viola Watkins/Crows

From July, 1948 when Savannah Churchill backed by the Four Tunes charted with I Want To Cry until  October, 1954 Shirley Gunter and the Queens charted Oop-Shoop, only three records by women appeared on the R&B chart. Those two were by Ella Fitzgerald and other by Little Esther with the Robins (Double Crossn' Blues) February, 1950.

Little Esther also did Other Lips, Other Arms and Heart To Heart (1951) with Clyde McPhatter, Savannah Churchill recorded Let's Call A Spade A Spade (1947, Five Kings), Can Anyone Explain (1950, Four Tunes) and Once There Lived A Fool (1950, Striders). Ruth Brown with the Delta Rhythm Boys did Sentimental Journey and It's All In Your Mind and Ann Nichols with The Bluebirds.

Bobbettes	Cookies	Chantels	Deltairs	Dreamers/Blossoms
Hearts	Joytones	Queens	Etta James and Peaches	Three Tons of Joy

The groups chosen above were based on they having made Billboards R&B chart

Blue Belles	Crystals	Dixie Cups	Exciters	Ikettes
Jaynetts	Jelly Beans	Jewels	Shirelles	Sherrys

The problem with distaff groups were that their songs weren't too doo woppy to begin with. The voices didn't different much because of a lack of a contrasting lower voices as was common among the male groups.The Hearts on Baton being an exception. Sometimes a male was added to sing a bassline (What A Guy by the Raindrops) or by having the female lead backed by a male group (Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis and with the Dells). Most lacked nonsense syllables with the Shirelles I Met Him On A Sunday and Chiffons He's So Fine being notable exceptions.

Lacking a bass, thus having a restricted voice range and the lack of nonsense syllables can these songs be called doo wop. Certainly they didn't resemble the McGuire Sisters and the Chordettes. Many like the Cookies and Chiffons fell within the boundaries of doo wop and rhythm and blues.

The groups chosen above were based on their having made Billboard's R&B chart