When we had a record in 1963 that we recorded in Memphis, an old Johnny Fuller tune that had been released on Speciality in the '50s, the name of that song was "Haunted House", years later we did a cover on it.
He had helped, to my knowledge as he told me, he had helped Trini Lopez to get on Reprise (Records).
I'm from Dallas and we worked around the corner at one point at the Maverick when we first started.Ī - Akard. Q - Did you ever work Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas?Ī - No. I sent for you." Otherwise I'm gonna put up the best fight I have left in me. Those who are afraid to die are usually those who are afraid to live.Ī - When it comes to me, I like to be on my feet, smiling and it'll have to be God who tells me, "Sam, it's alright. (laughs) Hey man, that's one appointment we're all gonna keep. Q - You lost some guys in The Pharoahs, didn't you?Ī - Yeah. Then I think it was released nationally in April or some time like that in 1965 by M.G.M. Not the old Sun Records Studio, but the new one. Q - Where then did you record "Wooly Bully"?Ī - I recorded it in Sam Phillips recording studios on Madison, his new studio. (laughs) I mean, what is it? Success has a thousand fathers. Is that story true?Ī - I never heard of him. He turned you down and later calculated he lost two million dollars. You approached the owner of Riposo Studios, Tony Riposo, and offered him a percentage of future sales of the record instead of having to pay for studio time. Q - I've heard this story for years that you were in Syracuse, New York in the early 1960s and you were trying to record "Wooly Bully". We spoke with Sam about the history of Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs. Along the way Sam The Sham even made an appearance on the top-rated television show, The Ed Sullivan Show. Other hits followed, including "Juju Hand", "Oh That's Good, No That's Bad", and "Lil Red Riding Hood". Domingo Samudio, better known as Sam The Sham, enjoyed a big hit record with a song called "Wooly Bully", a song that sold over three million copies in the U.S.
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