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Wooly Bully (album)

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Released
  
June 1965

Length
  
28:52

Producer
  
Stan Kesler

Genre
  
Pop rock

Label
  
MGM

Wooly Bully (1965)
  
Their Second Album (1965)

Wooly Bully is a studio album by the band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs; released in 1965 on MGM Records SE-4297 (stereo). It was released following the success of their hit Wooly Bully, and contains a mixture of cover songs and original compositions. It is an early example of Tex-Mex music that was also being popularized by groups like Sir Douglas Quintet, Freddy Fender and ? and the Mysterians.

Contents

Reception

The album reached No. 26 on the Billboard albums chart on September 4, 1965. Allmusic's Eugene Chadbourne gives it a 3 1/2 star rating.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Wooly Bully" (Domingo Samudio) – 2:20
  2. "The Memphis Beat" (Milton Addington, Allen Reynolds) – 2:09
  3. "I Found Love" (Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson) – 2:10
  4. "Go-Go Girls" (David Martin) – 2:13
  5. "Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'Bout An Auto)" (Billy "The Kid" Emerson) – 2:17
  6. "Haunted House" (Robert Geddins) – 3:10

Side two

  1. "Juímonos (Let's Went)" (Samudio) – 2:30
  2. "Shotgun" (Autry DeWalt II) – 2:50
  3. "Sorry 'Bout That" (Stan Kesler, Gary McEwen) – 1:55
  4. "Gangster of Love" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 2:18
  5. "Mary Lee" (Samudio) – 2:23
  6. "Long Tall Sally" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman) – 1:45

Musicians

  • Domingo "Sam" Samudio – organ
  • Ray Stinnett – guitar
  • Butch Gibson – saxaphone
  • David A. Martin – bass guitar (Died 1987)
  • Jerry Patterson – drums, percussion

    • Technical

  • Stan Kesler – producer
  • Val Valentin – engineer

    • References

    Wooly Bully (album) Wikipedia
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