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Sam The Sham And The
Pharaohs
Discography:
Miscellaneous Recordings
(covers & tributes)
Each Song title is preceded by the date of its release, label and catalog number. Composer credits are listed in parentheses after each title. Each album title is followed by the label and catalog numbers of its various releases.
(CD) 1994 Norton Records CED-234
(LP) 1994 Norton Records ED-234
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Wooly Bully--Hasil Adkins (D. Samudio) |
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Ring Dang Doo--The Lyres (Tubert-Byers) |
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Monkey See, Monkey Do--The Untamed Youth (Farrow) |
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Love Me Like Before--The Brood (D. Samudio) |
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I Wish It Were Me--Homer Henderson (John D. Loudermilk) |
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Uncle Willie--The Mummies (T. Cosden). LP bonus track. |
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Don't Try It--The Devil Dogs (D. Samudio) |
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Li'l Red Riding Hood--John Felice (R. Blackwell) |
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Pharaoh A Go-Go--Jackie And The Cedrics (S. Kesler-D. Samudio) |
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Medicine Man--The Fleshtones (Reynolds-Addington) |
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Grasshopper--The Original Ben Vaughn Combo (D. Ward) |
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Green'ich Grendel--The Ranch Hounds (White) |
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Sweet Talk--The Naughty Ones (S. Davidson) |
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Ring Them Bells--The Phantom Surfers (S. Davidson). LP bonus track. |
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Ju Ju Hand--Handsome Dick Manitoba (D. Samudio) |
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Oh That's Good, No That's Bad--Nine Pound Hammer (R. Blackwell) |
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Juimonos (Let's Went)--Little Richard Elizondo Combo (D. Samudio) |
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Like You Used To--The Hentchmen (S. Davidson) |
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Let's Talk It Over--The Senders (D. Martin) |
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(I'm In With) The Out Crowd--The A-Bones (D. Samudio) |
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Deputy Dog--Great Gaylord And The Friggs (R. Grier) |
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Struttin'--The Swingin' Neckbreakers (D. Samudio) |
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I Couldn't Spell !!*@!--Roy Loney And The Young Fresh Fellows (W. Thompson) |
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Sorry 'Bout That--Teengenerate (Kesler-McEwen) |
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The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin--Los Chiflados Del Ritmo (R. Blackwell) |
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The Phantom--Flat Duo Jets (M. Davis) |
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How Do You Catch A Girl--The Vacant Lot (R. Blackwell) |
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Wooly Bully Espanol--Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell y Los A-Bones (D. Samudio) |
Liner Notes:
Talk Like An Egyptian
The rug weavers of Araby often work imperfection into their carpeted art, for only the divine are beyond error. Maybe Sam felt like he didn't deserve to be on the same astral plane. There were questions to be answered. Riddles to solve.
Hence: Sham. And the Pharaohs. From a time when majesties were gods on an eternal journey. Osiris consorting with the fertile floodplain of Isis, the revenge of Horus the falcon over Seth. When Cecil B. DeMille ruled the earth.
He had a great leer. King Lear, or better, Othello. With his goatee and No. African robes, he was the moorish wolf at the door. Hey there, Lil' Red Riding Hood. Come on in. Let's do the hully gully; no... How about the jelly belly; no... Yes, the Wooly Bully. And I'd like to count this one bi-lingually.
Domingo Samudio was of two worlds, a heaven and earth comprised of his pop top 40 MGM persona and the southwest Tex-Mex-Hex blend that he grew from as a showband riding out of Dallas on a hearse. Before they relocated to Memphis, the band was named the West Dallas Pharaohs. Sam himself was a Navy vet. "Mystery and magic with a beat" was their calling card, and as for shamming, "I just sang, and danced and cut up".
Actually, the vibe was more Bedouin than Akhenaton. Actually actually, Sam himself was more Turkish/Punjab than Ramses III. But hey, you crank that countoff in the ultimo hours of Saturday night at Brownie's and who even cares?
He ruled through the middle years of the sixties, our most hallowed Re, lord of upper and lower Aegypt, cackling all your favorite hits, most of which are hear interpreatated by your favorite Nefertiti-lovin' artists. Truly hieroglyphic.--Lenny Kaye.
(CD Single) 1995 ZYX (Germany) 7960-8
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Wolly Bully : Radio edit |
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Wolly Bully : Maxi-Mix |
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Wolly Bully : Happy Club Mix |
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Watch Out (Witte/Weber/Niebergall) |
(CD) 1995 Music
For Little People 9 42562-2
Includes 15 songs, with narration, including Wooly
Bully.
(2CDs) 1996 Mercury
Chronicles 314 528 171-2
50 tracks by various artists including You're
Welcome Back by The Sham-Ettes (aka Shamettes)
Girls in the Garage
: A Collection of Girl Groups from the 60's, volume 4
LP 199-? Romulan Records
UFOX 06 (on jacket) UFOX 07 (on disc)
CD 199? Romulan Records [catalog number unknown]
18 great tracks by various artists including (Hey
There) Big Bad Wolf by the Shamettes. [CD issue contains additional
tracks by other artists].
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"Kid's
Dance Party Volume Three
(CD) 1992 BMG Special Products 75517 44923-2
Includes ten songs for children including Wooly Bully.
