Wooly Bully (album)

Wooly Bully is a studio album by the band Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs; released in 1965 on MGM Records SE-4297 (stereo).^[1] 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.

Reception

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

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

Personnel

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

1. ↑ http://www.bsnpubs.com/mgm/mgm42014400.html
2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=RCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=SE-4297+mgm&source=bl&ots=BNr29kzLjh&sig=5ZGyS_1BEWZ-Rsjo9KGeuWmItp8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjairbf4IzOAhVIKiYKHVK-Bws4ChDoAQgdMAE#v=onepage&q=SE-4297%20mgm&f=false
3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/wooly-bully-mw0000860999