Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
 

Pookey Hudson who was the lead singer of the Spaniels, the old Rythm & Blues group, passed away on Tuesday in Capital City, MD. He wrote and recorded (with the Spaniels) in 1954, the now famous standard, 'Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight'. As an old Doo Wopper, I am saddened by his loss.

That song was covered and made famous by the McGuire Sisters. At that time black R&B singers could only have their recordings played on 'Black' radio staions. Thank God for DJs like Alan Freed & Wolfman Jack who played 'black' R&B music on mainstream stations, or we probably would never have had Rock & Roll.

I'm sure glad that we have learned that good music is good music and bad music is bad music no mater who writes and sings/plays it.

That song will stick in my ears all day now.:( Heard it first on WKBW AM from Buffalo, even though I was 200 miles away in PA. Great station on those clear nights.
Gene

Are we talking about the same song here. I thought it was Second World War hit and play it now and again on piano.

We have a group that has been bringing moldy-oldies to our fair city for the last few years. I bought some season tickets this year.
The first concert was the 'Lettermen', and it was an outstanding show!!

The Del-Vikings, Bill Haley's Comets, Platters , Etc etc, will be coming here over the next few months, and I won't miss a show!!

Do you realize that the 'Lettermen' have been touring for 47 years??

Tony is so full of energy that he MAKES the show! If you like the old stuff and they come within 50 miles of your town, you need to go there to see where the 'Rock-and- Roll' started.

I have seen a lot of groups, but have never desired to have a person dive into the crowd in hopes that someone will catch him!!

I'm too old for that!! My back would tell me to, 'get out of the way and let that fool hit the concrete!!'

Sorry to hear about that Larry.

I know the song, but don't know too much about the group. Thanks for bringing us up to date.

For all the nostalgia fans out there, your mention of Wolfman Jack brought it all back to me, courtesy of American Graffiti. Man, I have seen that movie so many times, and I never tire of it.:)

A little gem, I reckon, it speaks to the heart.

Joe:)

Hi Joe,

I was born and raised in Modesto, home to American Graffiti. The movie was filmed in another town, Petaluma I believe. Modesto was a small town then, population 30,000. Now it's 300,000. My uncle always had fast cars, made more money street racing than working as a machinist, working for dad. He blew a few red lights racing on tenth street in his day, not the smartest thing. People knew to look both ways before crossing tenth street on Friday night, in fact, the older generation stayed home. They also tore up a few cars racing out in the country. The valley was full of almonds and peaches in those days, so if you left the road, ouch!

The movie is loosely based on facts. Another friend in town, now up in his sixties, said the featured car was not the fastest in town at the time. I believe someone had a big Oldsmobile, the car to beat. Also, the movie '55 Chevy, I believe was fitted with a 396, which wasn't built by Chevy until 1965.

As a youngster, I remember racing with my dad in our 348 six-pack auto shifting Chevy wagon. Don't know how mom let him do that! If I was 5, my dad was 25, my uncle 19. Dad lined up with my uncle out in the country, in front of a friend's place, on a Saturday afternoon. In those days, you could get 'out of town', out of everyone's way. Not anymore.

My uncle had a crate engine, 409, two fours, 4 speed, in his 61 or 62 Chevy. I remember we left my uncle off the line, as I was looking back from the back seat of our wagon. One of my earliest memories. Then, my uncle hooked up and went by us like we were tied to a post! Years later, my uncle told me that he ruined a set of tires that day, melted, all up in smoke. Dad probably got his younger brother a bit to pumped up, causing him to fry the tires a bit too much on launch.

American Graffiti, about the music, the cars, the times. All that's gone now, but Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada brings it back every year with old bands, classic cars, etc.

I was born with a NeedForSpeed, it's genetic. Growing up in a automotive machine shop, building engines, etc. The first engine I built myself was a 428 Cobra Jet for my 69 shaker hood Mach 1. I was 16.

Those are good memories to have, Ron.

Believe it or not, even here in Ireland it is getting to the stage where the out the country open spaces are all being built up.

Progress, I know, but nice to remember the old days and the old ways.

:) :)

American Graffiti was on today. I HAD to watch it , again.

No mention was made of the 'passing', but they played it again.

When you see Richard Dryfus with a full head of dark hair and picture him in your mind as he looks now..... THAT is an OLD movie.

I was about 70 lbs lighter then and had yet to be abused by those crazy people that used to share my life.

I would like to 're-live those years, but only if I could take back with me, the things I have LEARNED from the mistakes that come with age.

Jerry

Nostalgia is better than the real thing;) :p

That's why I like novels and films. I can "go" there anytime I want.

Joe:)

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There are [at least] two songs Trevor.

Check out the following, see which one is your version.:

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/goodnight.htm

The second one is the Spaniels' song, and was played in American Graffiti

Joe:)

Thanks Joe,

A good site to check on a melody, I play by ear and it could be useful.

The melody is always my criteria. On that basis the first wins hands down and I would not trouble myself with the second. It is too typical of the current 2/3 chord stuff, cranked out based on a couple of movements on the neck of a guitar. :D

Sorry to be so controversial. ;) Cheers, Trevor.

OK Trevor, controversial it is.:rolleyes:

It was designed to be simple so they could run multiple harmonies on the voices. The bass run is the best feature.

Don't knock it too much till you hear the original.

Joe:)

Fair enough Joe, can you point me to it on the internet?

Don't you ever go to bed :confused: :eek:

Cheers, Trevor.

:rolleyes:

I'm pretty bad at going to bed unless I'm lured into it.:eek:

Last night I was doing a "special" My Aunt in Atlanta sent me a Region 1 DVD which was NTSC for Christmas. Both of my DVD players refused to play it because of Big Brother software.

Well, I don't lie down for that crap. I searched the web until I found a Region Free hack for one of the players. Now one of them can play Regions 1 to 6, plus NTSC if need be.

The likes of Sony Corp will spend a long, long time in Purgatory for scamming the people for every buck they can milk.

Joe:)