Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Pharaohization-The Best Of Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
Sam the Sham is the stage name of the American rock and roll singer Domingo “Sam” Zamudio (born 6 March 1937, Dallas, Texas). Sam the Sham was known for his camp robe and turban and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. As the front man for The Pharaohs, he sang on several Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, notably "Wooly Bully" and "Li'l Red Riding Hood".
Zamudio, who is of Mexican American descent, made his singing debut in second grade, representing his school in a radio broadcast. Later, he took up guitar and formed a group with friends, one of whom was Trini Lopez.
In Dallas in 1961, Sam formed "The Pharaohs," the name inspired from the costumes in Yul Brynner's portrayal as pharaoh in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments. Sam took the name Sam the Sham from a joke about his inability as a vocalist.
After paying to record and press records to sell at gigs, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs wound up with the Pen label in Memphis. There, they recorded their first and biggest hit, "Wooly Bully", a song about Sam's cat. "Wooly Bully" ended up selling 3 million copies and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard charts on 5 June 1965 at a time when American pop music charts were dominated by the British Invasion. It was awarded a gold disc.
Although "Wooly Bully" never reached #1, it lingered on the Billboard Hot 100 for 18 weeks, the most weeks for any single within the calendar year 1965, 14 of which were in the Top 40. It became the first Billboard "Number One Record of the Year" not to have topped a weekly Hot 100.
Tracklist:
01. Wooly Bully
02. Ju Ju Hand
03. Medicine Man
04. Don't Try It
05. Pharaoh-A-Go-Go
06. A Long Long Way
07. Green'ich Grendel
08. Ring Dang Doo
09. I Couldn't Spell !!*@!
10. Oh That's Good, No That's Bad
11. Lil' Red Riding Hood
12. The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin
13. Black Sheep
14. Monkey See, Monkey Do
15. How Do You Catch A Girl
16. Red Hot
17. Sorry 'Bout That
18. Let Our Love Light Shine
19. I Never Had No One
20. Big Blue Diamonds
21. (I'm In With) The Out Crowd
22. Take What You Can Get
23. Money's My Problem
24. Banned In Boston
Media Info:
Bitrate: 136 kbps (VBR)
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.98
MPEG-1 layer 3
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