January 16, 2007: Pookie Hudson, the lead singer and songwriter for the Doo Wop group, The Spaniels, died of complications from cancer of the thymus at the age of 72…

Dig this: Pookie and the Imperials with Sammy Strain doing the high work. Pookie had left the Spaniels during this period and Billy Taylor of the Castelles was brought in to do the lead of the group to rave reviews. When Pookie came back several years later he so liked Billy Taylor's voice that he kept Billy in the Spaniels…

One of my favorite Spaniels tunes wasn’t a ballad at all:
 Great Googley Moo...

 (co-penned by Pookie)…

R.I.P. Pookie

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