at 17:32 on August 3, 2006, EST.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger, perhaps best known for the 1979 hit My Sharona, underwent successful brain surgery Thursday.

Fieger, 53, had two brain tumours removed during the operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, publicist Guy McCain said.

Dr. John Yu said the surgery was successful and Fieger was expected to have a full recovery, McCain said in a statement.

The Knack's upcoming concert tour has been postponed, McCain said. The tour had included stops Aug. 11 at the Corbin Music Festival in Corbin, Ky., and Sept. 2 at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Ore.

The Knack were formed in 1978. Their albums include Get the Knack and ... But the Little Girls Understand.

Singer-songwriter Fieger has said that My Sharona was inspired by a girlfriend of four years.

"I had never met a girl like her - ever," he told The Associated Press in a 1994 interview. "She induced madness. She was a very powerful presence. She had an insouciance that wouldn't quit. She was very self-assured. ... She also had an overpowering scent, and it drove me crazy."

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