Came here to say this! Almost 40 years ago on Saturday nights when we were shooting pool, we had to play Wooly Bully a half dozen times or more a night on the jukebox.
@@blankbruno70It's pretty near Christmas time here in Dixie lawyer that is a group called the Alabama horror questiojamaica. They gonna be doing a song called Christmas and Dixie. Christmas in Dixie, by the group Alabama, all right?
Lol. I found that in my parents closet when I was like 8 and laughed so hard when I heard it. Best thing about that was my parents bought me a record player/8 track/receiver. That was the biggest thing I ever coulda got from them. Music has been a daily thing of mine since
I was 12 when this came out and loved it. I hadn't heard it for decades and this brings me back. There were a number of these novelty songs around that time. "Please Mr. Custer", "Big Bad John", "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead", "Running Bear" and "The Battle of New Orleans" to name a few off the top of my head. Not to be taken too seriously, they were just very entertaining.
I believe those are all from the 50s and 60s. The 70s had their share of novelty songs too including: The Streak, Junk Food Junkie, My Ding-A-Ling, and King Tut.
@@ronnix23 The Streak was in the late 60's-early 70's at football games; always someone peeling off during a game or across a stage. I thought someone had done that at our high school. Chuck Berry recorded it in 72-3 but I have a feeling I'd heard someone sing it before that. My son took "Blazing Saddles" off to college. I'd never seen it. He said it was funny. I like the funny Christmas and Political songs.
??? lol, Nah not even close., why would you say such nonsense?? Sam the Sham didnt hit until late 1964 "wooly bully"......many came before.... .....Ritchie Valens and the silhouettes, ( 1958-59) , Sunny & the Sunglows ( 1963 ), The Premiers (1963) In 1962 Lil' Ray & The Midniters recorded "Loretta" and "My Girl" ,,, Rosie and the Originals (1960) wrote hit song "Angel Baby" ,, was the first Latina inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame
@@andymageen5308 is that why they selfishly appropriated Egyptian and Arab culture in their name and idiotic costumes?? because they were ashamed of their own culture?? was the gross cultural appropriation done because Arab and Egyptian Culture and costumes were much more acceptable than sombreros and sarapes? lol you are dismissed
Being a little kid at the time I thought they were actually Middle Eastern due to their costumes lol. Later I found out they were Mexican, so cool because that's my heritage.
I saw them do this live!!! It was with Dick Clarks caravan of stars, with Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and Brian Hyland and some others I have forgotten. Sam and Gary acted as MC's It was a GREAT show. All three of these had several GREAT hits, Gary Lewis, "This diamond ring", and many more. Brian Hyland early 60's had "Yellow polka dot bikini, then in the late 60's "gypsy woman" and "the Joker went wild". Sam had "Wooly Bully" and Ring dang doo" Sam was a really cool guy!!!
More of Gary Lewis and the Playboys songs include, "Everybody loves a clown", "She's just my style", "Count me in", "Green Grass", "Sure gonna miss her" and "Save your heart for me"
Saw the Caravan of Stars in Nov. 1966 with Sam the Sham, Gary Lewis, Brian Hyland, Bobby Hebb, the Gentrys, and the Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page on lead guitar). Incredible show for a 17-year-old kid from Oklahoma. Sam the Sham had great stage presence. Most of the Playboys band backing up Gary Lewis was from Tulsa. Love this song and the memories associated with it. Keep up the great reactions guys and Merry Christmas.
Loved this song as a kid, another novelty hit at the time was Royal Guardsman - "Snoopy's Christmas" a follow up to their hit "Snoopy vs The Red Baron"
@@joelhahn2501 Yes! That’s where I know it from. I had the album “Snoopy vs The Red Baron”, which had a lot of fun songs. I was about five when we got it and I just loved it. Years later I rescued it from a yard sale we were having. I think I still have it in storage.
This was a minor hit for them following their chart topping smash " Wooly Bully " with the iconic line " Let's not be L7 " ( meaning square ). Basically one hit wonders, but a fun group, and you will find "Wooly Bully" irresistable fun, with a very cool sax break in it.
Fun band!!! Saw them in concert once. Wild time! This song was a novelty song just for fun. Another song of theirs - "Wooly Bully" - is a seminal song for rock and roll that you guys need to review.
Reading all the comments about their other BIG HIT, "WOOLY BULLY!" brings back so many memories! Great dancing music!!! Was great times back then!! Everyone dancing, laughing, having FUN!!! Brings back so many great memories of my teen years!!
Always loved this song!!!! Such fun! Wooly Booly is another fun one by Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs! Another of my fave quirky fun songs is They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha! By Napoleon XIV (the fourteenth)!!! Another fun one is Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor by Lonnie Donnegan. ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂
I get to see one of the members of Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs who started his own band "Bandana" here in Venice Fl play almost weekly and sometimes does this song. He does end every performance with "Wooly Bully" as the last song of the night. I enjoy seeing them so much. When he does Li'l Red Riding Hood the gals on the dance floor get to be the lambs and say Baaaad. He is a great performer and we are so blessed to have him.
Back in the day a "wolf" was the name for a skirt chaser. The whistle some males made when they saw a good looking female was called a "wolf whistle". This song is a parody of that using the fairy tale as a motif.
Another blast from the past!🤗 Another song I used to hear on the rock 'n roll radio station on my transistor radio!🤭😂 Y'all make this old man smile a lot.😁 Thank you.👍❤️✌️
You can hear that Texas drawl in his voice. These guys were true showmen. I remember as a kid seeing them on TV dressed as Egyptians. They even had camels on stage. Very family friendly.
A classic, one of the underrated gems of the 60s. The Sham was a garage Latino group, and this wasn't fully appreciated for decades. Fun through the roof but slightly sinister at the same time. You guys know what they really meant when they sang about big eyes, lips, and heart right? A work of art!
@peterstillas I'm afraid I don't know what they were referring to when they sang those words. 🤔 I guess I'll just have to think about it and see if I can figure it out. 😊
@@oldiesgeek454 Eyes - boobs, heart - male genitalia, and there are two sets of lips on females. Of course this may be just a perverted take, but just saying!
Love this song. Another commenter mentioned a song I forgot about - "Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Brian Hyland that was a big hit in 1960 - three or four years before the British Invasion. There were a number of fun novelty songs back then. I was 15 years old in 1960, so I listened to a lot of songs on the radio.
Hey guys! Thanks for doing another request :D Such a good song. Perfect for Halloween. I suggest "Wooly Bully." From Ray Stevens, I highly suggest "Ahab The Arab."
When this song came out, I was about 10 years old. It was the first rock'n'roll song I ever heard. I loved it. I remember one time I was ata bowling alley that had a jukebox. I never worked one before, and had no idea how they worked, I put my money in pushed some buttons, but instead of this song it played some song by Charlie Pride. Another hit for these guys is the song Woolly Bully.
They played in our Memphis high school gym in the 60s. I don't think they had recorded this one yet, but "Wooly Bully" was being played to death on the radio. 😉♥
Hey Gang, have you had any requests for "Jay and the Americans" - Come a Little Bit Closer? They had some other great songs as well, this one just came to mind.
I hadn't heard this in years, but just hearing the name of the song I remembered all the words, as if I had heard it last yesterday. A really fun and clever song.
This group qas great! A lot of songs to choose from. My mom played a very broad taste in music and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs were among the bands playing in the house either on records or the oldies station.
I was 8 when this was released. The teenaged boy next door had a garage band and they played this song and G-L-O-R-I-A over and over and over every weekend! The whole neighborhood begged them to learn some other songs! His sister was my good friend so we enjoyed sitting on the lawn listening, it’s a good memory to me. 😊
I was a really little kid when this came out. There were a lot of what I’d call “novelty records” put out in those days. I vaguely remember a song called “Surfer Joe” from those days.
Back in '94 Baz Luhrmann released a song called "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen" for that years graduating class. The song was re-released in '97 and again in '99. Listening to it now makes me wish i had paid better attention to it back then.
Hey. you guys heard a Sam the Sham and the Pharohs song in American Graffiti they sing 'Wolly Bully". it will come back to you. keep up the great work.
Their song "Wooly Bully" was one of the quintessential party songs of the mid 1960's. Virtually every "garage band" played the song, and the odd thing is it's a "dialog" between two women talking about a buffalo (American Bison).
Oh man this really brings back some memories! We had some cousins visiting from Austin TX, they had never heard of the group or this song, they thought we were trying to pull a fast one on them! I wish I could have seen them live.
Classic novelty song of the era. Another group you need to check out is The Royal Guardsmen. They did a lot of novelty songs, and their biggest hit was "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" about the comic strip character of Snoopy from Peanuts and his fantasy of being a World War I flying ace fighting the Red Baron. The song actually generated two sequels which were pretty good as well. Also, it's time to give Ray Stevens another listen. You'll love the video for "Guitarzan" with his "Jungle Band"
This song is one of my "go to songs" on karaoke nights. My parents had this song on 8 track when I was a kid. We'd listen to it on our way to the lake to go camping. Loved your guys reaction to it.
"Wooly Bully" is the biggest hit of Sam the Sham. Other hits are: "Ring Dang Doo" and "How Do You Catch a Girl" "Oh That's Good No That's Bad" "Love Me Like Before". They don't have a super deep catalogue but they were a fun party band after the Beatles and before heavier Rock came in. They were from Texas circa 1965-66.
Gotta checkout their Billboard #1 U.S. hit "Wooly Bully" sometime. Other nursery rhyme twisted take songs that were hits to react to are "Jack & Jill" by Raydio and "Mary Had A Little Lamb" by Paul McCartney & Wings. Thanks. 😎
I’ve grown up hearing all of this music, so it’s fun to see Incubus juxtaposed with Sam the Sham and even Sinatra…love the variety of music your interests give us.
Back in the 60's in New York ,a guy named Chuck McCann did a comedy kids TV show . Chuck was a big fat guy and he did a regular routine where he dressed up like Little Red Riding Hood and came skipping across the stage carrying a basket of flowers while this song was playing.There are hundreds of pictures of Chuck on line ,but I couldn't find a single one or video of him doing Little Red Riding Hood or Little Orphan Annie ,which were my two favorite bits he did .
You haven't covered a whole class of music of the 50's and 60's era that were top of the charts. The instrumentals like Sleep Walk by Santo E Johnny, Soulful Strut by Young Holt Unlimited, Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela, Green Onions by Booker T and the MG's, Hawaii 50 by the Ventures, and lots more. These were iconic and you will recognize them as soon as it starts.
I don't remember them doing any instrumentals, but "Sleep Walk" and "Green Onions" are ones I think they would like. I mentioned a while back that they would love "The Seduction" ( love theme from American Gigolo), but it has to be the James Last Band version, featuring David Sanborn on sax. It's gorgeous. The original soundtrack version by Giorgio Moroder doesn't even come close. Amber would LOVE it !
We In Venice Florida are blessed to have the original band member Butch Gerace still rocking this song for us every week.. his Band is Bandana.. and they are still rocking 😎
Weird, I randomly heard “Wooly Bully” today on XM 60’s while scrolling stations. Now this! I see lots of recs for WB, it’s fun but LRRH is my favorite.
This was fun! I'd love to see your reaction to "Wooly Bully". I hope you will react to The Coasters again. "Charlie Brown", a black and white video in a 'classroom'. Have you ever listened to Pat Boone? He did different styles of music, check him out. But keeping it in this novelty song genre, I would recommend his “Speedy Gonzales.”
When I first heard this song, on the radio, I thought it was being sung by a well known artist named Leon Russell. Probably wasn't till the mid 70's before I found out who the real artists were.
