Does any musical artist take credit for using Whoo! in songs?

aceplace57 · June 24, 2019, 10:45pm

Paul McCartney uses Whoo! in Beatles songs like I Saw Her Standing There.

I assume he copied it from Little Richard. He uses a falsetto Whoo! a lot in songs and interviews.

Can you think of other songs that use it?

aceplace57 · June 24, 2019, 10:59pm

Found this article about Paul McCartney and Little Richard. Paul could imitate Richard’s voice. Beatles did a lot of his songs.

Alley_Dweller · June 25, 2019, 12:00am

Warning: This song will stick in your head for at least a week.

aceplace57 · June 25, 2019, 11:58am

I guess maybe Little Richard started the woo/ooo thing in songs?

I thought maybe some famous blues guy did it first. I don’t listen to that genre enough to know.

Chicken_Fingers · June 28, 2019, 4:21am

David Bowie threw a few woooos into his songs over the years. He was a huge Little Richard fan.

Colibri · June 28, 2019, 6:09am

Not the same kind of Whoo! exactly, but Howlin Wolf did a lot of howling.

MrDibble · June 28, 2019, 8:44am

Another contender would be James Brown, but I think Little Richard preceded him.

Colophon · June 30, 2019, 6:49am

There’s also the famous “Woo! Yeah!” Sample used in any number of dance tracks. Which actually stated life as “Yeah! Woo!”, trivia fans.