The Purple People Eater [Bear Family]

by Sheb Wooley

Overview

Inspired by the success of David Seville's "Witch Doctor," Sheb Wooley decided to work up his own tape-manipulation novelty and created "The Purple People Eater," a huge number one hit in 1958. This CD is a companion to Bear Family's That's My Pa box set and two other single discs which, in combination, account for most of Wooley's recordings. The Purple People Eater concentrates on novelty songs, including the instrumental EP The Purple People Eater Plays Earth Music, a couple of sequels to "The Purple People Eater," and the unbelievable "Pygmy Love." Other recordings are merely pop-oriented (Wooley's first hit from 1955, "Are You Satisfied") or up-tempo country, but for the most part, this is the wackiest music in Wooley's catalog. Bear Family usually organizes its reissues in a more sensible manner than Sheb Wooley received with his haphazard thematic packages, but lovers of novelty music will appreciate this one. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/1997
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127161499
Rank:	70112

Tracks

1. The Purple People Eater
2. Walkin' Guitar
3. Wild and Wooley, Big Unruly Me
4. Josie
5. The Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
6. Honey I'm Lonesome
7. A King or a Clown
8. You Can Do It
9. Purple People Eater #2
10. Hyoom
11. I Found Me an Angel
12. Pygmy Love
13. Mirage
14. Do I Remember
15. Running With the Night Crowd
16. The Taste of Ashes
17. Let the Big Wind Blow
18. Santa Claus Meets the Purple Peopel Eater
19. Crazy Butterfly
20. Skin Tight, Pin Stripped, Pedal Pushers
21. The Who Who Wallidinks
22. Star of Love
23. Never Look Down
24. Reach For the Moon
25. Sixteen Violins
26. Monkey Jive
27. The Chase
28. Luke the Spook
29. I Can't Believe You're Mine
30. Google Eye
31. Are You Satisfied

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sheb Wooley   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ben Colder   Primary Artist
Roy Harte   Drums
John Williams   Piano
Jewell L. Grant   Saxophone
Gerald Wiggins   Piano
Gloria Wood   Vocals (Background)
Eudice Shapiro   Violin
Robert Barene   Violin
Tony Rizzi   Guitar
Si Zentner   Trombone
Billy Strange   Guitar
Irv Kluger   Drums
Irving Ashby   Guitar
Jack Sperling   Drums
Earl Palmer   Drums
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Trombone
Joseph Livoti   Violin
Geoff Clarkson   Piano
Joe Stepansky   Violin
Howard Roberts   Guitar
Joseph R. Gibbons   Guitar
Paul Robyn   Viola
Jack Halloran Choir   Choir/Chorus
Ernest Romersa   Saxophone
Wesley Webb West   Guitar (Steel)
James O. "Jimmy" Wyble   Guitar
Howard Leslie Heitmeyer   Guitar
Clifford Hils   Bass
William Pitman   Guitar
Murray Kellner   Violin
William Edward "Billy" Liebert   Piano
Kurt Dieterle   Violin
Allen Williams   Bass
Benny Gill   Violin
Erno Neufeld   Violin
Victor Gottlieb   Cello
Hillard G. Adler   Harmonica
Donald E. Ralke   Piano
Alton Hendrickson   Guitar
Marvin Limonick   Violin
William V. Douglas   Drums
Robert F. Bain   Guitar
Allan Reuss   Guitar
Alvin Stoller   Drums
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Shorty Sherock   Trumpet
Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant   Guitar
Joe Comfort   Bass
Jack Marshall   Guitar
Ray Kramer   Cello
Joe Maphis   Guitar
Carson Smith   Bass
William Green   Saxophone
Phil Stephens   Bass
Pete Candoli   Trumpet
Roy Lanham   Guitar
Red Callender   Bass
Rene Hall   Guitar
George Kast   Violin

Technical Credits

Dave Young   Mastering
Billy Strange   Leader
Richard Weize   Discography,Tape Research,Producer
Jim Vienneau   Producer
Chris Herles   Mixing
Homer Escamelia   Composer
Sven T. Uhrmann   Artwork
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
William Edward "Billy" Liebert   Leader
Gus Levene   Leader
Donald E. Ralke   Leader
Georgia Carroll   Composer
Sheb Wooley   Leader,Composer
Jack Clement   Producer
Donald Fagen   Composer
Don Robertson   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Homer Escamellia   Composer
Walter Becker   Composer
Jesse Kaye   Producer
Kevin Coffey   Liner Notes