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Shelby Fredrick Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" [1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2".
"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. 1 in Canada, [5] reached No. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart.
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"That's My Pa" is a 1962 single by Sheb Wooley. "That's My Pa" would be Sheb Wooley's first single to hit the country chart, and was also his most successful release hitting the number one spot for one week and staying on the charts for seventeen weeks.
Sheb Wooley recorded a spoof version of the song under his Ben Colder pseudonym in 1969 with a dog in place of the little boy in the lyrics and spelt out words such as vet and quarantine. A rendition of this version, sung by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, was a No. 1 hit in the UK in November 1975. [11]
Wooley released a version of the song as a single in 1955 which reached #95 in the U.S. [3] Ann Cole released a version of the song as a single in 1956 which reached #10 on the U.S. R&B chart. [4] Toni Arden released a version of the song as a single in 1956 which reached #78 in the U.S. [5]
The song is a cover of Sheb Wooley's [4] parody of the Tammy Wynette song "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", [5] and Connolly's version to date has been his only No. 1 UK single, [3] though in the late 1970s he had a further two UK hits which parodied contemporary songs. He later dropped musical performances from his act.
The song has also been recorded – as "She Called Me Baby" – by Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, Glen Campbell, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mickey Gilley, Ferlin Husky, Waylon Jennings, John D. Loudermilk, Ernest Tubb and Sheb Wooley; and as "He Called Me Baby" by Jessi Colter (A Country Star is Born), Skeeter Davis, Bobbi Martin, Melba Montgomery and ...