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Doo wop singer Pookie Hudson dies at 72


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WASHINGTON - Pookie Hudson, lead singer and songwriter for the doo wop group The Spaniels, who lent his romantic tenor to hits like "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" and influenced generations of later artists, has died. He was 72.

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He died on the 18th but I didn't post it. I figgered that there aren't many doo wop fans here and even fewer that know who he was. I changed my mind so here is his obit a couple of days late.

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Pookie Hudson is on the far left.

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fuuuuuuuuck. w/o doo-wop where would music be now? RIP, dude. :(

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