Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

Best known for his or her 1965 smash “Wooly Bully,” which helped introduce Tex-Mex rhythms to mainstream rock and roll & move, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs were formed in Dallas by business lead vocalist Domingo Samudio, who also took the name Sam the Sham from a tale about his failure like a vocalist. The Pharaohs contains guitarist Ray Stinnet, bassist David Martin, saxophonist Butch Gibson, and drummer Jerry Patterson. Before striking it big with “Wooly Bully,” a tune about Samudio’s kitty, they documented the independent one “Haunted Home,” which helped the music group get a cope with MGM. Pursuing “Wooly Bully,” the group documented some generally novelty singles, but just “Li’l Red Operating Hood” contacted the achievement of its forerunner. Frustrated at getting regarded as a talentless novelty work, Samudio split up the Pharaohs in 1967 and documented because the Sam the Sham Revue, and followed the name Sam Domingo in 1970. His lone single LP, Sam, Hard & Large, featured glide guitarist Duane Allman, but didn’t create him as a significant talent. Samudio added two songs towards the 1982 film The Boundary and later shifted to Memphis and became a road preacher. “Wooly Bully,” needless to say, remains a club band staple.