Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)

[@michaelangelo7511]

I was stationed at Camp LeJune in 65 and this song was a favorite in the squad bay. 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@twine3410]

Hope you didn't drink the water. Happy Birthday Marines!

[@michaelangelo7511]

@ Actually I spent 2 1/2 years there and zero ill effects. I am 79 now and if I die I wouldn’t have the crust to blame the Corps. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. It is appreciated.

[@scottbracken1284]

Saw them in 1965 at the Carousal Theater in Covina California with Tommy James & the Shondells, The Association, and one other act which escapes me today

[@richrupert1951]

The Syndicate of Sound??

[@scottbracken1284]

Thank you! Correct.

[@StephenFlynn-xl2fw]

It was the Beatles, but who cares? Forget 'em.

[@jamesmaass8929]

Live, raw talent, dude ripped the sax. No lip sync garbage, these guys were the real deal

[@cbroz7492]

...yeah I noticed the actual live performance...nice lip syncing...he's old now...I'M.old now..73

[@mobydick3895]

The drummer's part sucked, though

[@fredthejunkman]

@@cbroz7492 Sam is from Memphis, I'm from Memphis. I'm old too.

[@fredthejunkman]

@@mobydick3895 They didn't know how to mic drums back then.

[@tjdent7166]

I am 71 and have a four level back fusion. I hear this, I am 18, limber and a bad a#s on the dance floor (at least in my mind),,,,ha! Just absolutely great.

[@davedavis4479]

Sam is still alive living a great life at 86 12-15-23

[@klemkadiddlekopper]

Sixty years later and I still can't get enough of the "" Woolly boolly", alright!

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

58 for me and I STILL love it. Nothing like it. Raw and energetic......

[@manuellopez-yk2hf]

1965 ese año nací

[@heidimeigs5192]

As a small child, maybe 8 yrs old, I named a puppy Wooly Bully. Even as a child I loved that sax!

[@williamthrem6662]

If this song doesn't put a smile on your face, you are broken.

[@SamBorgman]

Read this comment while watching the video and realised I had a expressionless face. I'm broken.

[@SilvaSiren]

I was smiling reading this comment!!

[@garysnow1475]

Yes but it's got to be loud real f****** loud!!

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

Got that right!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@karlfisher1864]

Broken? You might be dead! Sam is the Man

[@AnonYmous-iw6rh]

that guy SHREDDED that sax dam

[@elvispresley2021]

you want to hear a wild SAX listen to little Richards Oh My soul the LP version on Specialty records with the extended SAX SOLO...its amazing

[@RobertCawood-pf9nh]

That’s Butch Gibson on the saxophone

[@stephennixon9609]

I bought that record and couldn't stop playing it. My family got tired of me playing it so much.

[@Yuri-iz3cd]

😂!!!❤❤❤

[@hughmanatee7657]

Recorded 1964 at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio in Memphis!

[@timothyflyte9443]

Now that's r n r....rough and raw.....no lip synch....no smooth mix...just pure energy .

[@jeancartrer6871]

This is my kind of music

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@jeancartrer6871 Faking it to a record like everyone else. Nothing was live back then.

[@KimNeville-vr8hn]

​@@itjustlookslikethis Bullshit 🙄

[@lionheartroar3104]

Still one of my favorite 60's jams. Thanks Sam Samudio!

[@shawngregory1429]

Playing live on TV during this era was a rarity

[@RyanSchweitzer77]

Indeed--I was quite refreshingly and pleasantly surprised to see that they're actually playing live, as opposed to miming/lipsyncing to playback of their studio recording of it (which IMO is such a tacky practice--the Ed Sullivan Show was blatantly guilty of such fakey practices back then, kudos to Mike Douglas here for keeping it real on his show).

[@thomasboogie734]

Except on the Ed Sullivan Show, you're right.

[@GeorgeCrosley]

@@RyanSchweitzer77 American Bandstand and any other Dick Clark production were the worst.

[@newerafrican]

@@thomasboogie734 A lot of Ed Sullivan was live music for bands that could actually play. Bill Haley and the Comets, Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, Beatles, Stones, the Doors and many others were absolutely live. Many had live vocals to a recording background but Ed made sure his audiences (live and TV) got their money's worth.

[@thomasboogie734]

@@newerafrican Agreed, I saw many of those acts on Sullivan, and it's fairly easy to tell when they're lip syncing- many didn't take it seriously and they barely went through the motions- and of course no amps and guitars without cords were a dead giveaway. Mike Douglas was also noted for featuring live performances by his guest acts

[@RoadKingTeleStrat54]

About 12 when I heard it on the radio. A week later watched it live on a cheesy b/w portable TV. Raw and alive. Nearly 60 years later, straight out of sci-fi "The Song that Refused to Die".

[@nickrich56]

Thanks Mike Douglas for bringing a live band onto the stage!💪🏻

[@3069mark]

Is this from The Mike Douglas Show? I thought it was from The Smothers Brothers Show.

[@RedArwBus]

​@3069mark ,this is from the Mike Douglas show

[@steveeddy9686]

My band just performed this song with original guitarist Ray Stinnett last Saturday. What a blast!

[@tcsmith9924]

No way!!! Awesome. Saw Sam yrs ago solo in Lubbock TX

[@judyjackson5462]

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[@JStrummer1]

Ray Stinnett is the name

[@steveeddy9686]

@@JStrummer1 Whoops, forgot to proofread. Fixed it.

[@paulamiles9559]

Wow! 😘😘😘

[@ferrieloof7288]

I love how he smiles when he sings...

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Mike Douglas was probably the best of the daytime talk/variety show hosts of the period.

[@chipgaasche4933]

Pretty corny, though.

[@hiroehayes593]

Yes. Mike's show was great. Should put all his shows highlights in DVD or something !

[@williamzander4732]

@@hiroehayes593 Mike was owned buy His network but always was thankfull god look what we have now no salary could ever replace the common sense of the 1960s . You never heard mike say a bad word.

[@butchcassidy3373]

Yeah look at the garbage on daytime now. Lol

[@WootTootZoot]

Back in the late 70's, I was working for an oil well exploration contractor out of Galveston. I was on a crew boat and the guy next to me said something like, "That Dude driving the boat looks familiar". I said, "Like some you worked with in the past?" He said "No.....wait... then tapped the guy on the shoulder and said, "Hey, aren't you Sam from Sam The Sham and the Pharaoh's?" The guy turned to him and nodded, but said, "Yea, but keep it to yourself, I don't want to make a big deal out of it". That was it, he seemed like he was a good guy, we chatted about work and the weather and driving boats and oil wells, but that was it. Then I never saw him again after that.

[@fernandom6724]

yes ,you are right, Domingo Samudio who plays the organ right here ,he is Mexican American, from mexican descent, like Ritchie Valens who sings" La bamba ", and Rudy Martinez ,who sings "96 tears " from the band Question mark and The Mysterians, and Danny Flores who plays the sax on " Tequila" with The Champs, and Carlos Santana who plays the guitar with Santana Band...Chicano rock...

[@martinavila6821]

All chingones

[@yvettesanchez4691]

Ajua!

[@rosiequiroz2094]

tejano❤❤❤ n proud. .que mas quires😊❤

[@DS-gg1pb]

My mom lived nextdoor, to Danny Flores, when she lived in Santa Paula. A couple of years later, he came over my house with one of the Beach Boys, Mike Love.

[@paulamiles9559]

@@DS-gg1pb Mike Love claims to be the only white boy at his high school.

[@elishevacapobianco-s1960]

I turned 5 in September of ‘65. I loved this song as a child!

[@karlfisher1864]

I was six at the church picnics in San Antonio. Sam was all the rage! Karl

[@dennismurillodennis3079]

Takes me back to Montebello hs in 1966. Wooley Bulley for ever.

[@deborahharper3126]

WoW serious walk down memory lane with this one!! 👏

[@RZLAND]

Sam still lives in Memphis. He's so underrated! Great song.

[@raquelflechero2250]

Even though I am 80’s kid this sings brings back memories of when both my parents were alive❤this was my dads jam

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

THE DRUMMING ON THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR. 2.2K

[@carguy3460]

Is this said ironically?

[@natestrasburg]

Yeah he's a regular Danny Carey!

[@nunuloki]

The way the band are holding and playing their instruments - free and loose! Nice like the usual 1965 way. So cool! Wish we had that now!

[@gregorygarcia6558]

One of the great songs from summer of 1965..

[@TGTG-vp9wg]

Those low slung guitars…crashing drums…wild sax..pummelling keys..decibels overloading the studio mics..What’s not to love !!

[@mikemiller659]

The Drums !! Yes Crashing, indeed ! So Fun !!

[@tommyberglin8376]

Those where the good Days!

[@chihuahuabulldog]

I love this song! Gotta love that sax too!

[@alanoliver5762]

we are lucky to get to see and hear these live performances.

[@PinkPumpkin529]

Spicolli singing this w/band @ school dance in Fast Times... Another good memory of this awesome song! ROCK ON!!! ✌️🤘

[@Maggy47]

Luv luv ❤️ wooly bully

[@brendadufaur37]

S O G R E A T

[@BradyDale04]

These guys were the ultimate party band

[@schuberttim]

This is the first time I've ever seen a live version of "Wooly Bully". They did a really great job playing it.

[@sp9138]

I love it

[@Silvertone58]

I LOVE how the guitarist plays the ES 335 so low slung man! Ultra cool 😎

[@Kevin-hn6wp]

That's when it was an art form , raw and simple !

[@RevMikeBlack]

It's rare to see a live band performance from an era in which it would have been more convenient to lip-sync. Very good!

[@edwardloomis887]

I love that they are not lip syncing.

[@Rickman357]

Love this version! It's so Raw,,, especially the dude on the sax.🎷

[@frederickvanpelt6393]

Loved this song as a kid. Sam also had a hit with Little Red Riding Hood another gem.

[@bluewendigo672]

When talented people born. And created real musical masterpieces.

[@jamesmorelandoliver8897]

In later appearances all the band guys were "pharoahs". So great to see a super feel good entertainment.

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

I was 13 when this hit, great then great now!

[@asmodeus0454]

Great song to dance to! No wonder it sold over 2 million copies!

[@samspade8612]

It's great hearing the original version live not lip synched. We were blessed to grow up in the Rock 'n Roll era.

[@gigiadam1777]

j’avais 18 ans et j’adorais cette chanson.😊😊😊😊😊

[@chrisraatz6672]

hitting those preamps hard! Rock on!

[@johnmckenna1823]

This was a great favorite at Molineux during Steve Bull's time

[@anitakirk9043]

Growing up was always fun when the records were being played @ our house. This was a SONG that my Parents Loved to dance to. This was their song for sure. "WOOLY BULLY"

[@thomasboogie734]

Man, I love hearing these guys playing live. Always been a HUGE Sam The Sham fan- bought all his albums as a kid- replaced most of 'em due to wear n tear. Got the CD box set with lots of rare singles that never made it to albums. I wish they'd release a full concert CD / LP from any live show they might have recorded between '65 and '68 or so. The solo album he released on Atlantic: SAM: Hard and Heavy, featured Duane Allman playing slide on Sam's version of "Goin' Upstairs " a classic John Lee Hooker tune. Great record if you can find a copy...

[@ghengiscant538]

Did the Pharaohs in the movie " American Graffiti " take their name from the band ? Or the other way round . A Brit just asking .

[@thomasboogie734]

@@ghengiscant538 honestly, I don't believe there's a connection, though if there is it'd be the script writers from the movie borrowing the name from Sam The Sham, as he and the Pharoahs predated the American Graffiti movie by at least 10 years. On the other hand, " car clubs" were a large part of southern California's car culture of the 1950s and 60s so it's also possible there was a car club with that name as well though if so, it wouldn't be related to Sam and his band. Hope that helps...

[@klemkadiddlekopper]

This was a 60's song like, "Louie, Louie", with some- what undecipherable lyrics, that made it all the more palpable in the hidden meaning genre. Rock on with your "bad turban selves".

[@jimzeleny7213]

Wow, actually LIVE!

[@carllawler2837]

A classic...

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

A realHAPPY 86th Birthday to Mr. Domingo Samudio and really ALL the best to him ... (2023-0228)

[@bigbass421]

YEAH! Man, there are very few live clips of this band from that time! They sounded killer! Too bad the t.v. audio is poor, overdriven mics- and the dumb engineer had Sam's mic too low at the beginning.. One of my all time favorite records, by truly unique band.

[@kathleengordon5623]

Still dance to this at 56 ❤

[@emilyoshiro]

That was excellent

[@tomlehr861]

Look how they holdin the guitars,drummer standing up

[@rmadara]

I remember walking through the entrance of the NY World's Fair in 1965 and this song was blaring on the loud speakers.

[@cbroz7492]

..the first rock n roll song I heard...riding home in my friend Rich Wien's Buick rsgtop from college in 1967...couldn't listen to that music st home...I'm 73 now...

[@edm5929]

It must have felt illegal lol

[@philiphoward1731]

OK this is really really cool you get to see Sam the Sham Playing live

[@jimmysapien9961]

I was 8 grew up listening to there music back in the 60’s this must be the First band members, before splitting up .

[@nilonilo4530]

Legal gosto desta música

[@ChrisJohnson-c3s]

I absolutely love seeing this, I can remember the day rock and roll took over my life. I was at a wedding and they were playing Wooly Bully on the jukebox and I could feel the devil jump right into me LOL

[@apexjoe4769]

I remember this song when I was 10 years old.This was a different sound than the British invasion or the other popular music at the time. The band wore strange Egyptian outfits.They had several good catchy hits that I liked very much.I found out later they weren't really Egyptian & Sam was Spanish.🤣

[@wendykelly4624]

No, he was American from TX.

[@apexjoe4769]

@@wendykelly4624 Yes, he was a Hispanic American, Domingo "Sam" Samudio from Dallas,TX

[@missayawk]

It was all a Sham!

[@Phelps-1247]

He is of Mexican descent

[@raymondmitchinson2905]

who gives a shit where he came from that is just one brilliant rocking tune

[@joelee662]

DAMN IS HE GOOD 👍😄 SAM THE SHAM GREAT TUNES 👍 PICTURE THIS YOU DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GETTING INTO IT WITH THIS MUSIC YOU'LL TURN THE RADIO UP AND SMILE IT WILL TAKE THE STRESS AWAY FROM YOU AFTER WORK 😄😄👍

[@chrisshenzo2594]

Anyone who posts a live performance from Sam in his prime deserves a subscription!

[@gordonswatson2394]

real rock n roll ... raw energy let it all hang out

[@burrburr6816]

Let it all hang out another great song

[@fernandom6724]

DOMINGO SAMUDIO, SINGER , MEXICAN AMERICAN ...CHICANO ROCKING...

[@jimmysapien9961]

Great memories . I Even had the Pleasure of meeting one early Member Back in the 70’s Big Man Lopez . 🙏

[@rubenherrera3792]

Me parece que era argentino

[@jkaw9291]

great voice, simple songs. and a lot of song in a just under 3 minutes...too bad they dont make great songs like this anymore.

[@nullvoid244]

They do, just stopped listening

[@KimNeville-vr8hn]

​@@nullvoid244 Nonsense

[@emarsshelpline9848]

Excellent, very energetic song.

[@dorismuller7007]

Wenn ich mal nicht so gut drauf bin höre ich in voller Lautstärke diesen super Song und es geht mir gleich besser💖

[@alkh3myst]

Sam the Sham, AND Mike Douglas! 🤩🤩🤩 You could tell he was a genuinely good person. He interviewed everyone with true respect.

[@tomevans4402]

Miss the day. Beautiful

[@matteoramsay121]

Sam had a kickass voice

[@brendadufaur37]

That sax! That Sam! That everybody! That everything! I grew up with this song in the time of the 1960s. I found the video on youtube of them all dressed up in Pharoah clothes. SO so wonderful. I have been reading about Sam. It's SO interesting. I am so thrilled these great talents can be being honored in 2023! Sam the Sham is lit from within. That Sax is lit from without - on fire! Singer keyboardist Domingo "Sam" Samudio is his name. Wikipedia says he's of Mexican-American Basque Apache decent. SO interesting.

[@antoniodelrio1292]

Summer of '65. Heard this song 1,000,000,000,000,000 times at the city pool. Everyone love it!! Good times! Really kicked up the energy level on those hot summer days.

[@Docdug]

That tux jacket he’s wearing is awesome!

[@tonyjohn1395]

Rockin live version !

[@PatrickVerellen]

Super grotee hits van dde jaaren 60,spitting dat die groep niet Meer bestaan

[@teresalowery9574]

What saxophonist. Brilliant. ❤❤

[@danielschultz7840]

Yeah, grew up with this. Don't hear it no more.

[@alonenjersey]

That intro w/ Mike Douglas would have pissed off the P.C. police.

[@johnraz75]

Good

[@philiphoward1731]

Good piss him off every chance you get

[@willforgash6837]

Hell yeah these days ya get shit for looking crooked at somebody

[@willforgash6837]

Shit and Shot at the same time

[@willforgash6837]

LOL

[@edgarsnake2857]

Sam sounds great here. A perfect novelty record. Light-hearted and fun.

[@mikemiller659]

Yes, I totally remember this song. I was Ten years old in 5th grade. Great Fun times !!

[@haroldfadorka3816]

Like wow man, far out, this was so Groovy..

[@Jim4979]

Love classic Rock!

[@philiphoward1731]

Wow he can actually play the instruments he has band that is fantastic

[@patriciahawk]

My Baby Brother

[@sherricoffman]

💜 🕊 MuchLove!!!

[@Expectadorable]

Gracias.

[@robertobalbo2167]

Tinha um vinil que minha mãe comprou na época e ficava escutando ❤

[@jujumulligan43]

I sure loved singing and dancing to this in my teens. I thought this was socool...still doo cuz it's totally original! ((1970's for my teen years!!) Yeah....here it comes!!

[@davidbloxham9920]

A 60s classic hit!!

[@robertmceuen3630]

Absolutely fantastic! A true classic.

[@virgiliosantori5073]

I Remember many years ago this Song. From Rome 1946

[@SS-wr4gh]

Great music with no social media and technology craps.

[@courtneygillespie1187]

I love this song 😎👍

[@elcordobes-i1h]

My all time favorite funky song - dance, dance, dance all of you, have fun WOOOLY BULLY