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Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection - Best Of (CD)

(2003/Universal) 12 tracks, original MGM recordings, 1965-1967!

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Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection - Best Of (CD) CD 1
01Wooly BullySam The Sham & The Pharaohs
02Lil' Red Riding HoodSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
03Ju Ju HandSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
04Red HotSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
05Ring Dang DooSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
06Big Blue DiamondsSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
07Pharaoh A-Go-GoSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
08The Hair on My Chinny Chin ChinSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
09(I'm in With) The Out CrowdSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
10How Do You Catch a GirlSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
11I Couldn't Spell!!Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
12Oh That's Good, No That's BadSam The Sham & The Pharaohs
For Domingo Samudio, coming up with a Top Five hit was as easy as "uno, dos, one, two, tres,... more
"Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs"

For Domingo Samudio, coming up with a Top Five hit was as easy as "uno, dos, one, two, tres, cuatro." Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs broke out of obscurity in Texas to place "Wooly Bully" at the top of the charts in 1965. Domingo Samudio (his friends called him Sam) always wanted to be in show business. At his Dallas high school, he formed a rock-and-roll band with Trini Lopez who later scored a Top Five hit with "If I Had a Hammer" in 1963. After graduation, and following a four-year stint in the Navy, Sam studied classical music, moonlighting as a rock and roller in the evenings. The rigid regimen of college wasn't for him, and, after two years, he quit to become a carny. But the draw of music was stronger than the lure of carnival life, and soon he was back in the clubs, playing keyboard for a variety of bands. In 1963, he decided to start his own group. He needed a catchy name. One night, a musician gave Sam a new nickname. Watching Sam gyrate around the stage when he sang, the guy called him a sham artist — R & B slang for someone who dances, shaking his hips as he performs. Sam the Sham — he liked the sound of it. It was a good start, but he still needed a name for the backup musicians. A trip to the local bijou solved that problem. Taking in Me Ten Commandments, the band members thought the king of Egypt looked rather hip. That next day, they became the Pharaohs, investing a few dollars in brightly colored material to make flamboyant Arab-inspired stage clothes.

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' good-time shows quickly gained a following in the Texas clubs, and a handful of independent single releases fared well locally. In 1964, MGM Records came calling, offering to bring Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' rollicking sound to a larger audience. Sam had the perfect song for the first single. It was a dance song, featuring a heavy beat provided by drummer Jerry Patterson. With words based on "The Hully Gully," a popular dance that had been the subject of several hits ("Baby Hully Gully" by the Olympics, "Hully Gully Again" by Little Caesar and the Romans and "Hully Gully Baby" by the Dovells), Sam was sure he had a song that couldn't miss. In the studio, just minutes before they were set to record, an MGM executive notified the band that MGM wasn't interested in releasing another "Hully Gully" record. They would have to come up with something else. Sam counted in the band, making up new lyrics on the spot.

Wooly Bully was the name of his cat and fit the meter of "Hully Gully," so he started from there. He improvised a whole new set of lyrics as the band recorded three takes of the song. The now-famous Tex-Mex "Uno, dos, one, two, tres, cuatro" countdown to the song was also done on the spur of the moment. Sam wanted it taken off the record, but the rest of the band loved it. So the bilingual opening stayed.

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Tracklist
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection - Best Of (CD) CD 1
01 Wooly Bully
02 Lil' Red Riding Hood
03 Ju Ju Hand
04 Red Hot
05 Ring Dang Doo
06 Big Blue Diamonds
07 Pharaoh A-Go-Go
08 The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin
09 (I'm in With) The Out Crowd
10 How Do You Catch a Girl
11 I Couldn't Spell!!
12 Oh That's Good, No That's Bad