Sam the Sham (in turban), with the Pharaohs, 1965.
Background information
Birth name
Domingo Samudio
Born
(1937-02-28) February 28, 1937 (age 87) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Rock and roll
Chicano rock
proto-punk[1]
Occupation(s)
Singer
musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1959–1982
Domingo Samudio[2] (born February 28th, 1937 in Dallas, Texas, United States), better known by his stage name Sam the Sham, is a retired American rock and roll singer. Sam the Sham is known for his camp robe and turban and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. As the front man for the Pharaohs, he sang on several Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, including the Billboard Hot 100 runners-up "Wooly Bully" and "Li'l Red Riding Hood".
^Folgar, Abel. "Top Twenty Proto-Punk Bands: An Incomplete List". Broward Palm Beach New Times. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1054. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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