The Spaniels

The Spaniels were an American R&B doo-wop group, best known for the hit "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight".

They have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group.^[1] Some historians of vocal groups consider Pookie Hudson to be the first true leader of a vocal group, because the Spaniels pioneered the technique of having the main singer solo at his own microphone, while the rest of the group shared a second microphone.^[2]