Wooly Bully

"Wooly Bully"
Cover of the 1965 Italy single
Single by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
from the album Wooly Bully
B-side"Ain't Gonna Move"
ReleasedMarch 12, 1965 (1965)
Recorded1964
StudioPhillips Recording, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length2:20
LabelXL 906, MGM K13322
Songwriter(s)Domingo Samudio
Producer(s)Stan Kesler
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs singles chronology
"Ju Ju Hand"
(1964)
"Wooly Bully"
(1965)
"Juimonos"
(1965)

"Wooly Bully" is a song originally recorded by rock and roll band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1964. Based on a standard 12-bar blues progression, it was written by the band's frontman, Domingo "Sam" Samudio. It was released as a single on the small Memphis-based XL label (#906) in 1964 and was picked up in 1965 by MGM. The song was recorded at Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio at 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, the successor to Phillips' original Sun Studio.[3]

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