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Years active 1955-1971
Top Roles Undetermined Role, Ben Miller, Latigo, Cowboy, Posseman
Top GenresWestern, Drama, Action, Romance, Adventure, Comedy
Top TopicsBook-Based, Husband Wife, LBGT
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Sheb Wooley Overview:

Character actor, Sheb Wooley, was born Shelby F. Wooley on Apr 10, 1921 in Erick, OK. Wooley died at the age of 82 on Sep 16, 2003 in Nashville, TN .

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Sheb Wooley Facts
The running lyric to Sheb's huge novelty song hit went like this: "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater." It spent six weeks at No. 1 and sold 3 million copies in 1958. Other silly songs included "Talk Back Blubbering Lips," "Sunday Morning Fallin' Down," "Harper Valley PTA (Later That Same Day)," "The Happiest Squirrel in the Whole U.S.A." and "Fifteen Beers Ago." He also recorded the parody "Don't Go Near the Eskimos," based on Rex Allen's 1962 hit "Don't Go Near the Indians.".
He got the idea for his hit song, Purple People Eater, when a friend of his mentioned that his young son came home from elementary school with a joke he had heard: "What has one eye, one horn, flies and eats people?" "A one-eyed, one-horned flying people eater!".
In 1969 Wooley was one of the original members of the cast of "Hee Haw" (1969), the-long running country slapstick series. He also wrote the familiar theme song. He left the show after only filming 13 episodes due to other professional demands. He returned from time to time as a guest.
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