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>January 19, 2007 > >Pookie Hudson, lead singer of the Spaniels doo wop >group, best-known >for their 1954 million-seller "Goodnight, Sweetheart, >Goodnight," died Tuesday, >January 16, 2006 at 2:10 p.m. at his home in Capitol >Heights, MD. > >Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson was born on June 11, >1934 in Des Moines, Iowa. > >The Spaniels, group founded by Hudson, was formed >while Hudson was in High School. >The group started in 1953. > >While the Spaniels may not be the first group to coin >the term "Doo Wop", >this writer considers the Spaniels to be the first >definitive Doo Wop group, >and the premier Doo Wop group of all time. > >"We were the first to put that doo doo doo and all >those kind of sounds in our >music," Hudson once said. > >"Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" is considered a >classic composition reflected >in varied genres such as "Rock and Roll," "Rhythm and >Blues," "Doo Wop," >and "Classic Rock". > >After 30 years of not receiving royalties for >"Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," >an attorney helped Hudson begin to receive regular >royalties in the 1990's. > >@Copyright >KCS Music Notes Magazine >January 2007

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