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.
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.
??? 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.
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!!
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.
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.
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. ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂
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!
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.👍❤️✌️
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).
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 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.
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.
"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.
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. 😉♥
A dear friend Johnny “Papi” Gonzales was Domingo Samudio “Sam the Sham” and his band’s promoter. I’ve heard Papi’s stories from way back in the day. It was living history of the early days.
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.
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 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.
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.
I remember seeing a movie several years ago where a serial killer played this song while he drove around in his van looking for a victim. Gives it an even creepier edge.
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.
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. 😊
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."
I always took this song as the Big Bad Wolf was the bad boy who wanted to be good because he likes Little Red Riding Hood. It reminds me of the storyline of Grease where John Travolta played the Wolf and Olivia Newton John was Little Red Riding Hood!
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.
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 !
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.
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.”
The song is called grandma grandma grandma go Grandma got run over the grandma got run over by reindeer mccrad mile got Criminal got run over by reindeer all right?
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"
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Jay & Amber, you'll love their bigger hit "Wooly Bully" !!!
Jeff Spicoli 😂
Yes, listen to Wooly Bully!
True dat alley cat 😻
Also "Alley Oop"! Though they might be too young to know the character.
@@wangofree "Alley Oop" was by the Hollywood Argyles
Haven't heard about this group in decades! Wooly Bully is their classic. It's just plain fun!
They gotta do Wooly Bully
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?
Another novelty song from the 60’s that’s a lot of fun is “Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah” by Allan Sherman, about a kid writing home from summer camp.
My parents bought the LP and I still have it.
“Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah” by Allan Sherman is a classic, I hope they give it a listen!
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
Love that song...
Leonard (sp.) Skinner.
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.
*"Ahab The Arab"*
Ray Stevens
*"Woolly Bully"*
Sam the Sham & the Pharohs
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.
@@user-ii4zf5iq3t The STreak was by Ray Stevens.
Oooh Big Bad John is a good one.
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"
Ring Dang Doo was a great follow up to Woolly Bully.
Brian Hyland's "Sealed With A Kiss" is great, too!!!
@@BillGraper Oh yeah forgot about that one good call!!!!
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.
💥Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs have the distinction of being the 1st Mexican - American Pop Rock Band!
And they had to hide that fact when they hit the charts. Different times. ✌️
??? 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
not even close !
@@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.
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"
And the one in between was "Return Of The Red Baron".
Let's not forget _'Snoopy for President'_ with a surprise guest appearance by..... Oh but that would be telling. ;-)
The Royal Guardsmen also released a cover of Li'l Red Riding Hood the year after Sam the Sham did!
@@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.
@@pauld6967 I haven’t heard of that one. I’ll have to check it out.
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.
Not exactly one hit wonders. They had five songs make the Top 40, with both Wooly Bully and Lil Red Riding Hood peaking at Number 2.
It was a major Top Ten Hit for them.
Li'l Red Riding Hood was their second hit. Their first and biggest hit was Wooly Bully! Great band from 1965,
Another vote for "Wooly Bully", their best song and biggest hit.
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.
cheers !
Yes - Wooly Bully is a great companion/follow up to this song.
I graduated from high school in 1967 and this group was huge with regard to my generation. We were a little quirky back then as well😂
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!!
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.
The bass on this is killer. "Even bad wolves can be good...." :)
Was it Ray Stevens who sang Guitarzan (and his Jungle Band?). It's another fun song.
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.
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. ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂
. . . on the bedpost overnight.
@@woodysthoughts4032 yes!!! 😂
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!
Lol, i just showed my wife this song maybe a week ago. Was singing it through the house and she thought i made it up.😂
Aww, that's cute. ❤
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs' signature tune was "Woolly Bully," which everybody and their brother has heard. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" was cool, too!
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.👍❤️✌️
At a time when most music was for rockin out to,, They came in & gave us what we ALL WANTED & NEEDED,, A great song to dance to,, "Wooly Bully"🔥
They played about 2 blocks from where I lived and I missed them. I'm still kicking myself 50 years later. Wooly Bully is another good song they did.
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).
It is the most wonderful i'm most wonderful time of the year
Over over the fans over here in Dixie lion. What word I want is we're doing christmas over here
Did you ever hear of a group called the Alabama? Right alabama's? I got a christmas song called christmas and duke sierra question rock
"Wooly Bully", by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs ", was THE 'Dance Song' for a while in the 60s!
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 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.
Yep, “thang” for thing.
Another from this group, Wooly Bully. Which I believe wound up on one of Rolling Stone magazine's top 100 songs.
This song features prominently in the Bruce Willis movie Striking Distance. One of my favorite movies of his from the 90's.
*"Ahab The Arab"*
Ray Stevens
*"Woolly Bully"*
Sam the Sham & the Pharohs
Also check out Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
Great song 96 Tears!
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.
"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.
This song was used to good effect in the movie "Striking Distance" with Bruce Willis...it's an important plot point!
Love this song. I played it often back in the day for my now wife.
If memory serves, this song was used in the movie Striking Distance with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker.
I always think of that movie when I hear this song.
Fun and 'Campy' Old-Time Hit! Lots of fun to listen to way back when! Great Choice You Guys! :)
I've never heard of this group and song before, but it was very cool. The lead singer had a vocal style reminiscent of Mick Jagger.
I was today years old when I realized that he *does* sound like Jagger! Thank you for the revelation!✌️
I did not catch that but you are right. Have not heard this In Years.
@@rubyswaim1441 my pleasure. I'm looking forward to the next time they're on RSR 😊
@ms.krueger2660 such a fun song 🎵 😊
Their huge hit was "Wooly Bully." That's the one to check out.
Haha that was cute. I like the ending when he started to howl and then said "I mean bahhh" 😄
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. 😉♥
Another unique song from around then is "Snoopy's Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen. You still have time to give it a listen before Christmas!
Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High sang Wooly Bully at the dance ❤
Their other big hit 🤔✌️❤️😮
The 60's were an incredible time. Everything was fresh and new, and people were not as jaded as they are today.
My eldest brother was a Sam the Sham fan and I have been listening to this band since 1967/68. Listen to Wooly Bully by them.
You guys heard a version of "Wooly Bully", when you reviewed "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" on your other channel. Spicolli is singing it at the prom.
A dear friend Johnny “Papi” Gonzales was Domingo Samudio “Sam the Sham” and his band’s promoter. I’ve heard Papi’s stories from way back in the day. It was living history of the early days.
Omg, I remember this song, everybody was loving it. 😂 such a cute song. I bet your kids would like it. 💙🩵
You gotta do Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' big hit, Wooly Bully!
If you have not watched/listened to their "Wooly Bully" yet, then that is a MUST!!
Sounds like 60’s high times! ❤
"How Do You Catch A Girl" is a fun one to check out.
My daughter loved this song as a toddler, she's a redhead. I recorded her singing this at 2, still looking for that cassette tape.
"Wooly Bully!!"Is Their Major Hit That one and" Louie Louie! by The Kingsmen are two must do Songs of early 60's Iconic Hits !
I was 5 or 6 when this came out. I remember singing it at my granny’s house. Thanks for the memories and reaction!
Domingo Samudio (Sam The Sham) is still with us. You have to do "Wooly Bully".
Wooly Bully Is the next one you should do, that was their biggest hit
First song I learned on guitar. I'm 70 years old now. Brings back memories.
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.
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 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.
Surfer Joe was the "B" side of a 45 from the Surfaris...."A" side was a pretty well known song...Wipe Out
I remember hearing this on on the radio in 1966 when I was four years old. I loved it.
Finally. I have always loved this song. Been playing it for over fifty years.
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.
Man alive! I haven’t heard this band in years. They made some brilliant music.
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.
I remember seeing a movie several years ago where a serial killer played this song while he drove around in his van looking for a victim. Gives it an even creepier edge.
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.
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. 😊
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."
Oh man, can't believe you guys haven't heard this before. It's been featured in a lot of movies
this song does hide in your brain. every so often it pops up and you hear it for hours.
OMG, so many years since I have heard this song. ❤🔥
The first time I ever heard this song was in the movie Striking Distance with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker, loved it ever since.
Wow ... talk about a blast from the past! I was a teen in the mid 60's and remember when this song came out!
Wooly Bully was Sam the Sham and the Pharoah's biggest hit. Sam Samudio is from Dallas, Tx.
I was ten years old when this came out. All us kids liked it but it was their hit single Wooly Bully that would get all of us jumping! 😃
I always took this song as the Big Bad Wolf was the bad boy who wanted to be good because he likes Little Red Riding Hood. It reminds me of the storyline of Grease where John Travolta played the Wolf and Olivia Newton John was Little Red Riding Hood!
You need to hear their biggest 1965 hit “Wooly Bully” watch the live version, not the audio version.
You should check out the royal guardsman
Snoopy versus the red byron
Very cool song
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.
Also, check out “Cara Mia” where you’ll hear Jay hit some pretty high notes, and also “This Magic Moment”
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 !
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.
I thought you guys already did their other hit "Wooly Bully". If not, you definitely should!
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.”
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Spiral Starecase "More Today Than Yesterday" ❤️
Such a fun song! Glad you dug up this one up to share with us! 🙂
Wooly Bully, their biggest hit. They recorded at Sam Phillips studio in Memphis, Tn.
So cool guys , love this tune, 😀 thank u Jay and Amber with the moves✌️🙂
Wooly Bully is there very best hit!!! You two will definitely digg it ❤
I got your song for the christmas party I'll write?
The song is called grandma grandma grandma go Grandma got run over the grandma got run over by reindeer mccrad mile got Criminal got run over by reindeer all right?
You could say you could say there's no such thing as son. But as for me and grandpa now we're going to believe
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Film come on backtracker i'm talk i'm talk to teddy bear
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.
One of my fave novelty songs
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"
I was hoping you'd reacted to this song during Halloween. Brings back memories of being a kid. edit; "Wooly Bully" would be your next song.
Yass!! I have been waiting so long for this one!!! My dad used to sing this when I was a kid, long before I ever heard the actual song.
These were a cool 60's group. This is a really good one , and their other great one is 'WOOLY BULLY'-Colin Ward
Long time since I heard this on the radio. Another 60's hit memory. Fun song.
Oh yeah! I was 10 years old when this song was a hit! It’s a great tune. I love these novelty numbers.❤️✌🏻🎶
One of my favorite vocal performances ever.