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Chanteur & acteur Country US né Shelby Fredrick Wooley, le 10 Avril 1921 à Erick (Oklahoma). Sheb Wooley a signé chez MGM en 1948, accompagné par ses "Calumet Indians". Il a aussi utilsé le nom de Ben Colder quand il faisait de La Country Comdy. Sheb Wooley est décédé le 16 Septembre 2003 à Nashville (Tennessee).
Among pop
culture scholars, Sheb Wooley is best remembered for his late-'50s rock & roll/comedy
hit "Purple People Eater," which sold over three million copies. But among
country music afficianados, especially fans of cowboy songs, Sheb Wooley is the
real article, or as near as one gets to it in modern times. A rodeo rider from
the time that he was a boy, he was making a living on the circuit as a teenager,
before he ever turned to music as a career. He turned to music and then acting,
appearing in such Westerns as High Noon, before he was ever well-known as a
singer, and later spent six seasons playing cowhand Pete Nolan on the television
series Rawhide, even as he pursued a career in country music. In addition to
cowboy songs, his repertory includes traditional country music and hillbilly
tunes, along with the ubiquitous "Purple People Eater." Later on in the 1960s,
he also developed a drunken comic persona named Ben
Colder, whose success in satirizing various elements of country music, its
audience, and its sensibilities actually threatened to eclipse Sheb Wooley.
Sheb Wooley was born in Erick, OK, on April 10, 1921. An avid rider from an
early age, he was competing in local rodeos before he was ten years old, and by
the time he was a teenager was one of the best young riders on the circuit.
Music was also one of his interests, and Wooley got his first guitar when his
father swapped a shotgun for the instrument. The family was poor, and living was
very tough during the 1930s; more than once their crops were virtually blown
away by the dry dust bowl winds.
Wooley led his own country band in high school, but music didn't offer the
prospect of a living, and he made his living for a time working the oil fields
of Oklahoma as a welder. As with many Oklahomans looking for a better future, Wooley headed
to California in the late '30s and nearly earned a living at a packing plant,
moving crates of oranges. By then Wooley was married to Melba Miller, the older
sister of future country music star Roger
Miller. When World War II broke out, Wooley found himself labeled 4-F (ineligible
for military service) because of injuries he'd suffered as a rodeo rider, and he
spent much of the war working in defense plants.
In 1945, he made his first records for the Bullet label in Nashville, and began
appearing as a singer/guitarist on WLAC; the job paid nothing, but allowed him
to get paid work elsewhere. His Bullet sides were cut at WSM, home of the Grand
Ole Opry, but they saw almost no play or exposure of any kind.
A year later he moved to Fort Worth, TX, and got a regular spot on radio there,
sponsored by Calumet Baking Powder. Finally, in 1949, at the suggestion of a
friend at WSM, Wooley decided to take the plunge and head for California in hope
of getting some movie work. Around this same time, he was signed as a songwriter
to Hill & Range, the publishing company, which, in turn, led to his being signed
by the newly founded MGM Records in 1950. MGM already had a legendary figure in
its roster, in the person of Hank
Williams, but country music was booming, and there was room for as many
worthwhile talents as the label could find.
He also took acting lessons in the hope of getting some work on the screen. Wooley succeeded
more than he could have hoped in this capacity, appearing in small parts in 40
feature films, beginning with Rocky Mountain, Errol Flynn's final Western, in
1949. His most notable screen came two years later in the classic High Noon
(1952), in which he played Ben Miller, the leader of the outlaw gang gunning for
town marshal Gary Cooper. He also played an important supporting role in the
historical drama Little Big Horn (1951), starring Lloyd Bridges and John
Ireland, and was seen in The Man Without a Star (1955), Giant (1956), and Rio
Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne.
Amid all of his film work, Wooley continued recording and writing songs. It
wasn't until 1958, however, that he had a hit of any consequence, and it was a
most unexpected song. Wooley had written several songs that were hits for other
singers, most notably "Are You Satisfied," which got to number 11 on the country
charts as recorded by Rusty
Draper in 1955. Wooley had always displayed a gift for parody, and the song
he finally scaled the pop charts with was "Purple People Eater," a parody of
various pop culture crazes including monster movies (some people at the time
suggested -- incorrectly -- that the sci-fi/horror classic The Blob, starring Steve
McQueen, which was released at around the same time as Wooley's song, was
virtually a film of the song). Wooley had to fight to get the song released, and
it ultimately became one of the biggest hit singles in the history of MGM
Records.
He was unable to follow up the success of "Purple People Eater," however, and it
wasn't until 1962 that he had another hit, this time a country chart-topper
called "That's My Dad."
In 1958, Wooley was cast in the role of Pete Nolan in the television Western
Rawhide, starring Eric Fleming and Clint
Eastwood, which premiered in January of 1959. He later wrote some scripts
for the series as well, and in 1959, in order to fulfill public demand for a
recording of the series' title song, he recorded his own version of the Rawhide
theme song and an entire album of Western songs, which failed to chart. He later
recorded an album of folk-style material that was released in the wake of the
MGM wide-screen epic blockbuster movie How the West Was Won, but this also
failed to catch on with the public.
His film work continued during this time, and it was because of movie and
television commitments that he was unable to record the song "Don't Go Near the
Indians." Instead, former movie cowboy/singer Rex
Allen recorded it and had a hit with it. In response to his bad luck, Wooley cut
a joke parody follow-up to the song, entitled "Don't Go Near the Eskimos," and
created a new, inebriated comic persona to present it. "Ben
Colder" was born with "Don't Go Near the Eskimos," and for the rest of his
career Wooley -- in a manner anticipating the lot of David Johansen/Buster
Poindexter -- had to split his time between appearances as "straight" country/cowboy
singer Sheb Wooley and drunken comic Ben
Colder. (Some of the other names that Wooley had considered for this
persona, according to one source, were "Ben Freezin" and "Klon Dyke"). In 1969,
when the country music showcase Hee Haw went on the air, Wooley became the
show's resident songwriter, providing the series' comic musical numbers.
Ben Colder went on to have several more hits, including "Almost Persuaded No.
2," and in 1968 the Colder persona
was voted Comedian of the Year. Wooley continued recording under both guises
into the 1980s, although his last chart single in either persona dated back to
1971.
In 1998, Wooley was diagnosed with leukemia and spent the next few years in and
out of hospitals battling the condition. On September 16, 2003 Sheb Wooley passed
away at the age of 82. The previous year Wooley had been honored by Tennessee
Senator Fred Thompson, who referred to the singer/songwriter/actor as an "American
treasure."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Drums
Style musical : Cowboy, Traditional Country, Country Comedy
https://youtu.be/X9H_cI_WCnE (Sheb Wooley)
http://youtu.be/CDr97x7ZH6A (Ben Colder)
Lazy Mary (1947) (Sheb Wooley) TEXAS TANGO (1953) (Sheb Wooley) WHITE LIGHTNIN' (1954) (Sheb Wooley) The Birth Of The Rock And Roll (1956) (Sheb Wooley) LET THE BIG WIND BLOW (1956) (Sheb Wooley) REAL ME (1963) (Ben Colder) ALMOST PERSUADED NO. 2 (1966) (Ben Colder) GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME NO.2 (1967) (Ben Colder) LOVESICK BOOZE (1967) (Ben Colder) FUNNY HOW WINE SIPS AWAY (1968) (Ben Colder) |
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
01/1946 | 78 t. BULLET 603 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Can't Live Without You / Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl | ||
1947 | 78 t. BLUE BONNET 124 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Lazy Mary / Wooley's Polka | ||
1947 | 78 t. BLUE BONNET 125 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Peeepin' Through The Keyhole / Time Won't Heal An Achin' Heart | ||
1948 | 78 t. BLUE BONNET 130 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Too Long With The Wrong Woman / Your Papa Ain't Steppin' Anymore | ||
12/1948 | 78 t. MGM 10304 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Indian Maiden / Spanish Darling | ||
03/1949 | 78 t. MGM 10363 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Cheerokee Waltz / Texas Rose | ||
05/1949 | 78 t. MGM 10436 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Jole Quadroon / Rover Scoot Over | ||
1950 | SP MGM K10304 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Indian Maiden / Spanish Darling | ||
1950 | SP MGM K10363 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Cheerokee Waltz / Texas Rose | ||
1950 | SP MGM K10436 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Jole Quadroon / Rover Scoot Over | ||
05/1950 | 78 t. MGM 10697 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Mule Boogie / (Now You're) Changing Your Name | ||
05/1950 | SP MGM K10697 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Mule Boogie / (Now You're) Changing Your Name | ||
05/1951 | 78 t. MGM 10960 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Hoot Owl Boogie / Country Kisses | ||
05/1951 | SP MGM K10960 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Hoot Owl Boogie / Country Kisses | ||
09/1951 | 78 t. MGM 11059 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Air Castles / Over The Barrel | ||
09/1951 | SP MGM K11059 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Air Castles / Over The Barrel | ||
03/1952 | 78 t. MGM 11180 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Down In The Toolies / Backroom Boogie | ||
03/1952 | SP MGM K11180 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Down In The Toolies / Backroom Boogie | ||
07/1952 | 78 t. MGM 11272 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - You're The Cats Meow / Wha' Happen To Me Baby | ||
07/1952 | SP MGM K11272 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - You're The Cats Meow / Wha' Happen To Me Baby | ||
08/1952 | 78 t. MGM 11308 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - You Never Can Tell / Cowboy Ought To Be Single | ||
08/1952 | SP MGM K11308 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - You Never Can Tell / Cowboy Ought To Be Single | ||
12/1952 | 78 t. MGM 11403 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes / Heart Bound In Chains | ||
12/1952 | SP MGM K11403 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes / Heart Bound In Chains | ||
09/1953 | 78 t. MGM 11580 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Texas Tango / Love Is Just Another Merry-Go-Round | ||
09/1953 | SP MGM K11580 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Texas Tango / Love Is Just Another Merry-Go-Round | ||
12/1953 | 78 t. MGM 11641 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Goodbye Texas Hello Tennesee / I'll Return The Letters | ||
12/1953 | SP MGM K11641 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Goodbye Texas Hello Tennesee / I'll Return The Letters | ||
02/1954 | 78 t. MGM 11665 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Knew I Had Lost / Don't Stop Kiss Me Goodnight | ||
02/1954 | SP MGM K11665 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Knew I Had Lost / Don't Stop Kiss Me Goodnight | ||
04/1954 | 78 t. MGM 11717 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Blue Guitar / Panama Pete | ||
04/1954 | SP MGM K11717 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Blue Guitar / Panama Pete | ||
08/1954 | 78 t. MGM 11792 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - White Lightnin' / Fool About You | ||
08/1954 | SP MGM K11792 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - White Lightnin' / Fool About You | ||
10/1954 | 78 t. MGM 11836 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Hillbilly Mambo / I Go Outa My Mind | ||
10/1954 | SP MGM K11836 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Hillbilly Mambo / I Go Outa My Mind | ||
01/1955 | 78 t. MGM 11910 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Flipped / 38-24-35 | ||
01/1955 | SP MGM K11910 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Flipped / 38-24-35 | ||
04/1955 | 78 t. MGM 11976 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Love At First Sight / Speak Of The Devil | ||
04/1955 | SP MGM K11976 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Love At First Sight / Speak Of The Devil | ||
07/1955 | 78 t. MGM 12048 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Listening For Your Footsteps / Love Is A Fever | ||
07/1955 | SP MGM K12048 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Listening For Your Footsteps / Love Is A Fever | ||
08/1955 | 78 t. MGM 12060 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - It Takes A Heap Of Livin' / Listening For Your Footsteps | ||
08/1955 | SP MGM K12060 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - It Takes A Heap Of Livin' / Listening For Your Footsteps | ||
11/1955 | 78 t. MGM 12114 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Are You Satisfied / Humdinger | ||
11/1955 | SP MGM K12114 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Are You Satisfied / Humdinger | ||
03/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12202 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Birth Of The Rock And Roll / King Or A Clown | ||
03/1956 | SP MGM K12202 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Birth Of The Rock And Roll / King Or A Clown | ||
05/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12260 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Do I Remember / You Can Do It | ||
05/1956 | SP MGM K12260 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Do I Remember / You Can Do It | ||
09/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12328 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - First Day Of School / Lonely Man | ||
09/1956 | SP MGM K12328 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - First Day Of School / Lonely Man | ||
11/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12382 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Let The Big Wind Blow / Honey I'm Lonesome (Telegraph Song) | ||
11/1956 | SP MGM K12382 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Let The Big Wind Blow / Honey I'm Lonesome (Telegraph Song) | ||
1956 | EP MGM K1190 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - Texas Tango / I'll Return The Letters / Hillbilly Mambo / Love At First Sight | |||
1956 | EP MGM MGM-EP-540 (UK) | Sheb WOOLEY - Just Plain Wild And Wooley! - Humdinger / It Takes A Heap Of Livin' (To Make A House A Home) / Are You Satisfied? / Tom, The Boogie-Woogie Tom Cat | |||
1956 | EP MGM MGM ESPQ 540 (I) | Sheb WOOLEY - Humdinger / It Takes A Heap Of Livin' (To Make A House A Home) / Are You Satisfied ? / Tom, The Boogie-Woogie Tom Cat | |||
04/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12467 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Plenty Of Love / I Won't Come Back | ||
04/1957 | SP MGM K12467 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Plenty Of Love / I Won't Come Back | ||
09/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12541 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Recipe For Love / I'm Too Young | ||
09/1957 | SP MGM K12541 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Recipe For Love / I'm Too Young | ||
11/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12584 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Found Me An Angel / So Close To Heaven | ||
11/1957 | SP MGM K12584 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Found Me An Angel / So Close To Heaven | ||
05/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12651 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | ||
05/1958 | SP MGM K12651 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | ||
07/1958 | SP MGM 45-MGM-5261 (AUS) | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | |||
08/1958 | SP MGM K12704 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Chase / Monkey Jive | ||
11/1958 | SP MGM K12733 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - Star Of Love / Santa And The Purple People Eater | |||
1958 | EP MGM X1607 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater Plays Earth Music - Crazy Butterfly / Mirage / Hyoom / Walkin' Guitar | |||
1958 | EP MGM X1608 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater - The Purple People Eater / I'm Too Young / Are You Satisfied? / Recipe For Love | |||
01/1959 | SP MGM K12743 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Cherry Sweet / Star Of Love | ||
03/1959 | SP MGM K12778 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - More / Deep Goes My Love | ||
04/1959 | SP MGM K12781 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Sweet Chile / More | ||
07/1959 | SP MGM K12817 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Careless Hands / Pygmy Love | ||
11/1959 | SP MGM K12851 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Josie (Brown) / Love Like Mine | ||
12/1959 | SP MGM K12853 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Roughneck / It's Almost Time | ||
03/1960 | SP MGM K12882 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - My Only Treasure / Luke The Spook | ||
08/1960 | SP MGM K12931 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Reach For The Moon / Taste Of Ashes | ||
05/1961 | SP MGM K13013 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - Skin Tight Pin Striped Purple Pedal Pushers / Till The End Of The World | |||
1961 | SP MGM GOLDEN CIRCLE MGC-149 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - That's My Pa / That's My Ma | ||
12/1961 | SP MGM K13046 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - That's My Pa / Meet Mr Lonely | ||
1961 | SP MGM EPD 120 (DK) | Sheb WOOLEY - Songs From The Days Of Rawhide - Rawhide / Searching / The Wayward Wind / Bars Across The Windows | |||
03/1962 | SP MGM K13065 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Laughin' The Blues / Somebody Please (Say Something Funny) | ||
06/1962 | SP MGM K13079 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - That's My Ma / Land Of No Love | ||
08/1962 | SP MGM K13094 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Legend Of Echo Mountain / Give That Ball To Willie | ||
11/1962 | SP MGM K13104 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Louisiana Trapper | ||
1962 | SP MGM 61 070 (US) | Ben COLDER - Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Louisiana Trapper | |||
12/1962 | SP MGM K13122 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Hello Walls No 2 / Shudders And Screams | ||
02/1963 | SP MGM K13125 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Daddy Kiss And Make It Well / Little Bitty Bilbo Abernathy Natan All | ||
06/1963 | SP MGM K13147 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Still No 2 / Goin' Surfin' | ||
07/1963 | SP MGM K13152 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Building A Railroad / Cowboy Hero | ||
08/1963 | SP MGM K13166 (US) | Sheb WOOLEY - Hootenanny Hoot / Old Rag Joe | |||
1963 | SP MGM MGM 6582 (SWE) |
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08/1963 | SP MGM K13167 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Ring Of Smoke / Detroit City No 2 | ||
11/1963 | SP MGM K13195 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Papa's Ole Fiddle / She Called Me Baby | ||
12/1963 | SP MGM K13197 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - I Walk The Line No 2 / Talk Back Bluberrin' Lips | ||
1963 | SP MGM GOLDEN CIRCLE MGC-161 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Hello Wall No. 2 | ||
1963 | EP MGM 63-614 (F) | Sheb WOOLEY - Hootenanny Hoot - Bande Originale Du Film - Hootenanny Hoot / Papa's Ole Fiddle / Buildin' A Railroad / That's My Pa | |||
07/1964 | SP MGM K13262 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - TV Westerns / Dobro's Catchin' On Again | ||
1964 | SP MGM MGV-523 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | ||
05/1964 | SP MGM K13241 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Blue Guitar (remake) / Natchez Landing | ||
11/1964 | SP MGM K13294 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Wild And Wooley Big Unruly Me / Sittin' And Thinkin' | ||
05/1965 | SP MGM K13351 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Silver The Wonder Horse / Blistered | ||
09/1965 | SP MGM K13395 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Big Land / Sally's Arms | ||
01/1966 | SP MGM K13444 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Make The World Go Away No 2 / May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose No 2 | ||
04/1966 | SP MGM K13477 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I'll Leave The Singin' To The Bluebirds / Buba Hoo Boba Dee | ||
07/1966 | SP MGM K13556 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Tonight's The Night My Angel's Halo Fell / Anchor's Aweigh (My Love) | ||
08/1966 | SP MGM K13590 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Almost Persuaded No 2 / Pockets Of Pencils | ||
01/1967 | SP MGM K13668 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - There Goes My Everything No 2 / The Great Men Repeat Itself | ||
02/1967 | SP MGM K13705 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Draggin' The River / Letter To Daddy | ||
07/1967 | SP MGM K13771 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Purple People Eater No 2 / Undertaker's Love Lament | ||
09/1967 | SP MGM K13806 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - No 1 In The Survey / Big Ole Good Ole Girl | ||
10/1967 | SP MGM K13827 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Love-In / Wildwood Flower On The Autoharp | ||
01/1968 | SP MGM K13897 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Doo Hickey Song / Ain't It Funny How Wine Sips Away | ||
03/1968 | SP MGM K13914 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - By The Time I Get To Phoenix No 2 / Skip A Rope No 2 | ||
05/1968 | SP MGM K13938 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Tie A Tiger Down / Make 'Em Laugh | ||
09/1968 | SP MGM K13997 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Folsom Prison Blues No 2 / Harper Valley PTA | ||
11/1968 | SP MGM K14005 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Remember Loving You / That Girl (Next Door) | ||
12/1968 | SP MGM K14015 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Little Green Apples No 2 / It's Such A Pretty World Today | ||
03/1969 | SP MGM K14044 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Little Brown Shack Out Back / You're A Real Good Friend | ||
06/1969 | SP MGM K14065 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - His Lincoln's Parked At Margie's Again / The Carroll County Accident No 2 | ||
07/1969 | SP MGM K14070 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Recipient / Big Ole Good Ole Girl | ||
08/1969 | SP MGM K14075 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Little Green Apples No 2 / It's Such A Pretty World Tonight | ||
08/1969 | SP MGM K14076 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Ruby Bring Your Love To Town / Yet | ||
09/1969 | SP MGM K14085 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - One Man Band / You Still Turn Me On | ||
02/1970 | SP MGM K14111 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Games People Play / Big Sweet John | ||
03/1970 | SP MGM K14123 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Will / Daddy's Home | ||
04/1970 | SP MGM K14133 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Tennessee Bird Walk / What Is Youth | ||
09/1970 | SP MGM K14165 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Don't Belong In Her Arms / One Of Them Roarin' Songs | ||
01/1971 | SP MGM K14209 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Fifteen Beers Ago / Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down | ||
04/1971 | SP MGM K14247 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Help Me Fake It Through The Night / Rosie's Garden | ||
07/1971 | SP MGM K14287 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Goodbye Wabash Cannonball / Joy | ||
11/1971 | SP MGM K14327 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Easy Lovin' No 2 / Sing A Drinking Song | ||
05/1972 | SP MGM K14384 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Somebody Gonna Coma Along / Life Is A Fountain | ||
09/1972 | SP MGM K14420 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - The Unhappiest Squirrell In The Whole USA / Runnin' Bare | ||
10/1972 | SP MGM K14444 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Personality / Kick In The Head | ||
01/1973 | SP MGM K14471 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Glossy 8x10 / Moon Than | ||
07/1973 | SP MGM K14610 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Early In The Morning / Gettin' High On Love | ||
09/1973 | SP MGM K14647 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - I Can't Believe You're Mine / Purple People Eater | ||
12/1973 | SP MGM K14639 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Behind Cloe's Door / Satin Sheets | ||
10/1975 | SP PORTLAND 45039 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - I Gave At The Office / Thank God And A.A. | ||
08/1978 | SP SCORPION SC-0556 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Lucille #2 / Senior Citizen's Lament | ||
1979 | SP GUSTO GT4-2031 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Purple People Eater / That's My Pa | ||
1979 | SP GUSTO GT4-2069 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - 15 Beers Ago / Rollin In My Sweet Baby's Arms | ||
02/1980 | SP SUNBIRD S-104 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - The Rambler/ Amazania | ||
1980 | SP SUNBIRD S-104 (US) (promo) | . | Ben COLDER - The Rambler | ||
1980 | SP SUNBIRD S-109 (US) | . | Ben COLDER - Flower Of The County / Flower Of The County | ||
03/1981 | SP SUNBIRD SBRP-7559 DJ (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY with Hi C. Lea - Jack Hammer Man / Jack Hammer Dance | ||
1981 | SP SUNBIRD SBR-7566 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY & FRIEND - The Belly Button Song / The Belly Button Song | ||
1985 ? | SP Polydor Band Of Gold Series MVG 523 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | ||
1986 | SP GALLERY II 007 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Handyman / Day That Leroy Drowned | ||
1986 | SP ERIC 4104 (US) | . |
Chantilly Lace (Big BOPPER) / The Purple People Eater (Sheb WOOLEY) |
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1986 | SP COLLECTABLES COL 4236 (US) | . |
The Stroll (DIAMONDS) / Purple People Eater (Sheb WOOLEY) |
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1987 | SP TPL TLP-1 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - The Ballad Of Jim And Tammy / The Ballad Of Jim And Tammy | ||
1988 | SP MGM 871904-7 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine | ||
1990 ? | SP Polydor Timepieces 871 904-7 (US) | . | Sheb WOOLEY - Purple People Eater / I Can't Believe You're Mine |
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Albums
1956 | LP 12" MGM E-3299 (US) | SHEB WOOLEY - Blue Guitar / White Lightnin' / A Fool About You / I Go Outta My Mind / Listening For Your Footsteps / I Flipped / Knew I Had Lost / Don't Stop Kissin' Me Goodnight / Texas Tango / I'll Return The Letters / Hillbilly Mambo / Love At First Sight | |||||
12/1960 | LP 12" MGM E-3904 (mono) / SE-3904 (stereo) (US) |
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04/1962 | LP 12" MGM E-4026 (mono) / SE-4026 (stereo) (US) |
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01/1963 | LP 12" MGM E 4117 (mono) / SE 4117 (stereo) (US) |
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05/1963 | LP 12" MGM E-4136 (mono) / SE-4136 (stereo) (US) |
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09/1963 | LP 12" MGM 4173 (mono) / SE 4173 (stereo) (US) |
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03/1965 | LP 12" MGM E-4275 (mono) / SE-4275 (stereo) (US) |
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05/1965 | LP 12" MGM E-4325 (mono) / SE 4325 (stereo) (US) |
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11/1966 | LP 12" MGM E 4421 (mono) / SE 4421 (stereo) (US) |
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07/1967 | LP 12" MGM E 4482 (mono) / SE 4482 (stereo) (US) |
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03/1968 | LP 12" MGM E 4530 (mono) / SE 4530 (stereo) (US) | THE BEST OF BEN COLDER - By The Time I Get To Phoenix No 2 / Hello Wall No 2 / Do Hickey Song / Am I That Easy To Forget No 2 / Green Green Grass Of Home No 2 / Ain't It Funny How Wine Sips Away / Almost Persuaded No 2 / Detroit City No 2 / Great Men Repeat Themselves / Skip A Rope No 2 / I Walk The Line No 3 | |||||
11/1968 | LP 12" MGM SE 4614 (US) | HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. - Ben COLDER - Harper Valley PTA (Later That Same Day) / Little Green Apples No 2 / It's Such A Pretty World Tonight / Flying Time / Love-In / Folsom Prison Blues No l 1/5 / Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back / Ben Colder's History Book / Ten Little Bottles / Country Music Hall Of Fame / You're A Real Good Friend | |||||
01/1969 | LP 12" MGM SE 4615 (US) | WARM AND WOOLEY - Sheb WOOLEY - Tie A Tiger Down / Make 'em Laugh / Cheap Hotel / You Still Turn Me On / Answer My Love / Sun Also Rises / Right Is Right And Left Is Lonely / I Remember Loving You / That Girl / Big Ole Good Ole Girl / It's Gold | |||||
07/1969 | LP 12" MGM SE 4629 (US) | HAVE ONE ON BEN - Ben COLDER - Ruby Please Bring Your Love To Town / Carroll County Accident No 2 / Yet, Big Sweet John / Foolish Questions / His Lincoln's Parked / Games People Play No 2 / Life Gits Tee-Jus Don't It / D-I-V-O-R-C-E / Where Does The Light Go (When It Goes Out) | |||||
1970 | LP 12" MGM GAS 139 (US) | BEN COLDER - Almost Persuaded No 2 / Hello Walls No 2 / I Love Your Pizza / Make The World Go Away / I Walk The Line No 2 / I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes No 2 / Beautiful Beautiful Banjo / Undertaker's Love Lament / Fifteen Beers Ago / What Is Youth / Carroll County Accident No 2 | |||||
1970 | LP 12" MGM SE 4674 (US) | BIG BEN COLDER WILD AGAIN - Ben COLDER - What Is Youth / Is Anybody Going To San Antone No 2 / Welfare Cadillac / Carroll County Accident No 2 / Ruby Please Bring Your Love To Town / Tennessee Bird Talk / Once More With Feeling No 2 / If I Were A Carpenter No.2 / Little Bit Late / Games People Play | |||||
1970 | LP 12" MGM GAS 139 (US) | GOLDEN ARCHIVE SERIES - Ben COLDER - Almost Persuaded #2 / Detroit City / By The Time I Get To Phoenix #2 / The Green, Green Grass Of Home #2 / Folsom Prison Blues #1 / Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later That Same Day) / I Walk The Line #3 / May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Snoot / There Goes My Everything #2 / Make The World Go Away #2 | |||||
01/1971 | LP 12" MGM SE 4758 (US) | LIVE AND LOADED AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM - Ben COLDER - Almost Persuaded No 2 / Detroit City No 2 / Ruby Please Bring Your Love To Town / Green Green Grass Of Home No 2 / Little Green Apples No 2 / Carroll County Accident No 2 / Games People Play No 2 / Folsom Prison Blues No 1 1/2 / What Is Youth / Sunday Mornin' Fallin' Down / Fifteen Beers Ago | |||||
1972 | LP 12" MGM SE 4807 (US) | WARNING UP TO COLDER - Ben COLDER - Easy Lovin' No 2 / Splits / How Can I Unlove You No 2 / Cold Cold Heart No 2 / Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Runnin' Bare / She's All I Got No 2 / Sing A Drinkin' Song / Help Me Fake It Through The Night / Rosie's Garden | |||||
01/1973 | LP 12" MGM SE 4876 (US) | THE WACKY WORLD OF BEN COLDER - Glossy 8x10 / Yvonne Calling / To Get To Know You No 2 / Was It Good / Peoples Needs A Peoples / Moontan / Bottomless Topless Beach / Unhappiest Squirrel In The Whole USA / Whatever Turns You On / I Really Had A Good Time At Your Party | |||||
1976 | LP 12" Provincia PLP-0762 (GER) |
Rawhide - Sheb WOOLEY & His CALUMET INDIANS - Peepin' Through The Key Hole (Watching Jole Blon) / Time Won't Heal An Achin' Heart / Too Long With The Wrong Woman / Your Papa Ain't Steppin' Anymore / 38 - 24 - 35 / Panama Pete / You're The Cats Meow / Wha' Hoppen To Me - Baby / Cattle Call / Searching, / Rawhide / Mirage / The Goodnight Loving Trail / Shifting Whispering Sands / Indian Maiden / The Story Of Billy Bardell / Enchantement Of The Prairie / The Wayward Wind / Bars Across The Windows / The Lonely Man |
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1979 | LP 12" GUSTO GT-0051 (US) |
Golden Hits - Almost Persuaded No.2 / Easy Lovin' No.2 / Detroit City No.2 / Little Green Apples No.2 / Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Sunday Mornin' Fallin' Down / Games People Play No.2 / Ten Little Bottles / Ode To Little Brown Shack Out Back |
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1979 | LP 12" GUSTO GTV-110 (US) | GREATEST HITS OF SHEB WOOLEY OR DO YOU SAY BEN COLDER - Purple People Eater / That's My Pa / I Walk The Line #2 / Detroit City #2 / Runnin Bear / Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Harper Valley P.T.A. - Later The Same Day / Little Green Apples / 10 Little Bottles / 15 Beers Ago / Almost Persuaded / Hello Walls #2 / Green Green Grass Of Home / Sunday Morning Falling Down / Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Folsom Prison Blues / Little Brown Shack Out Back / Divorce #2 / Easy Lovin' / Help Me Fake It Through The Night / Ruby / The Games People Play | |||||
1979 ? | 2 LP 12" GUSTO GTV-110 (US) | GREATEST HITS OF SHEB WOOLEY OR DO YOU SAY BEN COLDER :
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1981 | 2 LP 12" LAKESHORE LSM 621 (US) | BEN COLDER & SHEB WOOLEY IN WILD & WOOLEY
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1984 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15099 (GER) | COUNTRY BOOGIE - Sheb WOOLEY - Love Is A Fever / Tom The Boogie Woogie Tom Cat / Mule Boogie / Country Kisses / Hoot Owl Boogie / I Go Outa My Mind / I Flipped / Back Room Boogie / Over The Barrel / White Lightning / Down In The Toolies / 38-24-35 / You're The Cat's Meaow / Love Is Just Another Merry Go Round / Wha' Happen To Me Baby / Rover Scoot Over | |||||
1985 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15175 (GER) | BLUE GUITAR - Sheb WOOLEY - Whatcha Gonna Do / It Takes A Heap Of Livin' / Humdinger / Boogie Woogie Waltz / Don't Stop Kissing Me Goodbye / Hillbilly Mambo / Texas Tango / Panama Pete / Blue Guitar / Changing Your Name / Fool About You / Listening For Your Footsteps / Knew I Had Lost / I'll Return The Letters / Love At First Sight / Aircastles | |||||
1995 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15899 (GER) | RAWHIDE / HOW THE WEST WAS WON - Sheb WOOLEY - Rawhide / Mirage / Goodnight Loving Trail / Shifting Whispering Sands / Indian Maiden / Story Of Billy Bardell / Enchantment On The Prairie / Lonely Man / Wayward Wind / Bars Across The Windows / Cattle Call / Searching / Rawhide / How The West Was Won / Gotta Pull Up Stakes / High Lonesome / Wagon Master's Diary - Buffalo Stampede / Rosie's The Queen Of California / Buildin' A Railroad / Plowin' In The New Ground / Papa's Old Fiddle / Silver Target / I Belong, Big Land | |||||
11/1996 | CD KING KS-1462 (US) | SHAKEY BREAKY CAR - Ben COLDER - Shakey Breaky Car / Purple People Eater / Hello Walls No 2 / Fifteen Bears Ago / That's My Pa / Almost Persuaded No 2 / Running Bare / Folsom Prison Blues / Easy Loving / Detroit City No 2 | |||||
09/1997 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16149 (GER) | THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER - Sheb WOOLEY - Purple People Eater / Walkin' Guitar / Wild And Wooley Big Unruly Me (2) / Josie / Birth Of Rock'n Roll / Honey I'm Lonesome / King Or A Clown / You Can Do It / Purple People Eater No 2 / Hyoom / I Found Me An Angel / Pygmy Love / Mirage / Do I Remember / Running With The Night Crowd / Taste Of Ashes / Let The Big Wind Blow / Santa Claus Meets The Purple People Eater / Crazy Butterfly / Skin Tight Pin Stripped Purple Pedal Pushers / Who Who Wallidinks / Star Of Love / Never Look Down / Reach For The Moon / Sixteen Violins / Monkey Jive / Chase / Luke The Spook / I Can't Believe You're Mine / Google Eye / Are You Satisfied | |||||
09/1997 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16150 (GER) | WILD AND WOOLEY / BIG UNRULY ME - Sheb WOOLEY - Recipe For Love / I'm Too Young / Magic Town / Till The End Of The World / Meet Mr Lonely / Sweet Chile / Cherry Sweet / So Close To Heaven / More / Careless Hands / Big Ole Good Ole Girl / One Of Them Roarin' Songs / Buba Hoo Baba Dee / Little Bitty Bilbo Abernathy Nathan Allen / Free Again / Little Girl's Gone / My Only Treasure / Plenty Of Love / Mississippi Twist / Deep Goes M' Love / I Won't Come Back / Hootenanny Hoot / Don't Talk To Strangers / Wild And Wooley Big Unruly Me / That Girl Next Door / It's Almost Time / Give The Ball To Willie B. | |||||
12/1997 | CD TEE VEE 6017 (US) | SHEB WOOLEY & BEN COLDER - Purple People Eater / That's My Pa / I Walk The Line No. 2 / Detroit City, No. 2 / Runnin' Bare / Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later The Same Day) / Little Green Apples / 10 Little Bottles / 15 Beers Ago / Almost Persuaded / Hello Walls, No. 2 / Green, Green Grass Of Home, No. 2 / Sunday Morning Fallin' Down / Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Folsom Prison Blues / Little Brown Shack Out Back / D-I-V-O-R-C-E No. 2 / Help Me Fake It / Easy Lovin' / Ruby / The Games People Play | |||||
03/1998 | 4 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15902 (GER) | THAT'S MY PA - Sheb WOOLEY :
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05/2002 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16329 (GER) | BEN COLDER & OTHERS - ESKIMOS, MEAN OLD QUEENS & LITTLE BITTY STEERS -Don't Go Near The Indians (Rex ALLEN) / Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (Johnny CASH) / Ballad Of A Mean Old Queen / A Little Bitty Tear (Burl IVES) / A Little Bitty Steer / Detroit City (Bobby BARE) / Detroit City #2 / Make The World Go Away (Eddy ARNOLD) / Make The World Go Away #2 / Almost Persuaded (David HOUSTON) / Almost Persuaded #2 / Running Bear (Johnny PRESTON) / Running Bare / Behind Closed Doors (Charlie RICH) / Behind Cloe's Door / Green Green Grass Of Home (Porter WAGONER) / Green Green Grass Of Home #2 / Harper Valley P.T.A. (Jeannie C. RILEY) / Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later That Same Day) / Big Bad John (Jimmy DEAN) / Big Sweet John / Walking The Floor Over You (Ernest TUBB) / Walking The Floor Over You #2 / Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny CASH) / Folsom Prison Blues #1 1/2 / I Dreamed I Was There In Hillbilly Heaven (Tex RITTER) / Country Music Hall Of Fame | |||||
02/2004 | CD TeeVee TV-0722-2 (US) |
22 Best Of The Best - Sheb WOOLEY - Fifteen Beers Ago / 10 Little Bottles / Sunday Morning Falling Down / That's My Pa / Almost Persuaded # 2 / Hello Walls #2 / Help Me Fake It Through The Night / Little Green Apples # 2 / Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later That Night) / Purple People Eater / Shaky Breaky Car / Detroit City # 2 / I Walk The Line # 2 / Green Green Grass Of Home # 2 / D-I-V-O-R-C-E # 2 / Runnin' Bare / Easy Loving # 2 / The Games People Play / Rollin' In My Sweey Baby's Arms / Folsom Prison Blues / Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out The Back / Ruby Please Bring Your Love To Town |
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01/2005 | CD BACM CD D 090 (UK) |
Texas Tango - Sheb WOOLEY - Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl / You’re The Cat’s Meow / Wha’ Happen To Me Baby / Mule Boogie / Over The Barrel / Country Kisses / Hoot Owl Boogie / Air Castles / Down In The Toolies / You Never Can Tell / I’ll Return The Letters / A Cowboy Ought To Be Single / Knew I Had Lost / Don’t Stop Kissing Me Goodnight / Texas Tango / Love Is Just Another Merry Go Round / White Lightnin’ / A Fool About You / Panama Pete / Blue Guitar / I Go Outa My Mind / 38-24-35 / I Flipped / Hillbilly Mambo / Rover Scoot Over / Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes |
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04/2012 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16894 (GER) | GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT - WHITE LIGHTNIN' - Sheb WOOLEY - Hoot Owl Boogie / Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl / Peepin' Through The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon) / Your Papa Ain't Steppin' Anymore / Mule Boogie / I Can't Live Without You / Lazy Mazy / Texas Rose / Wha' Hoppen To Me, Baby / That Mean Feeling / You're The Cats Meow / Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes / Country Kisses / Down In The Toolies / What'cha Gonna Do / White Lightnin' / I Flipped / Rover Scoot Over / Goodbye Texas, Hello Tennessee / Love Is Just Another Merry-Go-Round / Tom, The Boogie Woogie Tom Cat / I Go Outa My Mind / 38-24-35 / You Never Can Tell / Backroom Boogie [instr.] / Don't Stop Kissing Me Goodnight / Hill Billy Mambo / Humdinger / Roughneck / That's My Pa | |||||
08/2015 | CD Jasmine JASMCD 3668 (UK) |
Goodbye Texas Hello Tennesssee 1950-1962 - Sheb WOOLEY - You're The Cats Meow / Mule Boogie / Hoot Owl Boogie / Goodbye Texas, Hello Tennessee / Panama Pete / Blue Guitar / 38-24-35 / It Takes A Heap Of Livin' / Humdinger / Are You Satisfied / First Day Of School / The Lonely Man/ The Purple People Eater / That's My Pa And That's My Ma / New Kind Of Lonesome / Google Eye / Meet Mr Lonely / Ten Chances To One / Sweet Chile,That's My Ma / Laughin' The Blues, Somebody Please (Say Something Funny) / Roughneck / Will I Eve / The Little Girl's Gone |
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2019 | CD Jasmine JASMCD 3741 (UK) |
Spoofing The Big Ones! Ben Colder As Played By Sheb Wooley - Ben COLDER : Hello Wall #2 / Devil Woman #2 / Don't Take Your Cash To Town, John / Little Bitty Steer / Walking The Floor Over You #2 / Don't Worry 'Bout Me #2 / Shudders And Screams / I Walk The Line #2 / Release Me #2 / Don't Go Near The Eskimos / Ballad Of A Mean Ole Queen / The Real Me / Faron YOUNG : Hello Walls / Marty ROBBINS : Devil Woman / Johnny CASH : Don't Take Your Guns To Town / Burl IVES : A Little Bitty Tear / Pat BOONE : Walking The Floor Over You / Marty ROBBINS : Don't Worry / Jerry WALLACE : Shutters And Boards / Johnny CASH : I Walk The Line / Esther PHILLIPS : Release Me / Rex ALLEN : Don't Go Near The Indians / Johnny CASH : Ballad Of A Teenage Queen / Don GIBSON : Oh Lonesome Me / Ben COLDER : Louisiana Trapper / Sheb WOOLEY : Monkey Jive / The Chase / Pygmy Love / Luke The Spook / Skin Tight, Pin Striped, Purple Pedal Pushers |
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04/2020 | 2 CD ACROBAT 3330 (UK) |
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