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Birthdays:James "Pookie" Hudson (no relation)...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egX9N8yOgaUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDjPMwVgRFkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7NcPs--olQJoey Dee...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPftqZBZCohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PQwGCZe_Uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViMsRV2_OUgThe original:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpPbmIlBRJU
Great stuff.These guys came out of Joey Dee's group, too . . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZzqve8zYQI
Spaniels, that is very fine music.
I came across similar themed doo wop before, of course, the Andrews Sisters did this one probably some time before these other recordings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXmpDkVu4yI[...]
1941, Born on this day, Reg Presley, singer, The Troggs, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing'). Wrote ‘Love Is All Around’, covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1994, which stayed at No.1 in the UK Singles Chart for fifteen weeks. In 1990 Presley began to develop an interest in the paranormal, in particular crop circles. He used the royalties ‘Love Is All Around’ to fund his research into the area and outlined his findings in a book, Wild Things They Don't Tell Us, which was published in 2002. Presley died on 4th Feb 2013.
Happy birthday, Len Barry (Dovells)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCOB5-E4P6Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CerAe2LLacsThis one was my fraternity song. Coincidentally, at a dance there, I met a girl who'd dated Len Barry...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukloC-ecAYWhich was taken from this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO2cxwz70ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxcbzAYD9Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxwcEIBXfs
Len Barry was involved in this out-of-left-field 1969 instrumental R&B hit; a lot of the players onthis ended up forming the MFSB house band of Philadelphia International Records in the 1970s:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lN7NMcqzU