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Sep 20, 2003 · Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in Westerns such as " High Noon " who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty " Purple People Eater, " has died, his wife said. He was 82. Mr. Wooley suffered from...
Sep 18, 2003 · Sept. 18, 2003. Sheb Wooley, an actor in ''High Noon'' and other westerns who also recorded the 1958 pop hit ''The Purple People Eater,'' died here on Tuesday. He was 82. He suffered from...
Sep 17, 2003 · Entertainer Sheb Wooley, best known for his 1958 hit song "Purple People Eaters," dies from complications from leukemia. He was 82. Wooley also had a successful acting career that included...
Sep 18, 2003 · Sept. 18, 2003 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Sheb Wooley, who menaced Gary Cooper in “High Noon,” played the trail scout on TV’s “Rawhide” and scored one of the biggest novelty recording hits...
Shelby Fredrick " Sheb " Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2".
Shelby Fredrick " Sheb " Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American actor and country pop singer. He was best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater". [1] . He played Frank Miller, in the movie High Noon, Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
Oct 31, 2023 · In 1958, Sheb Wooley unleashed “The Purple People Eater” from his imagination into the airwaves. The creature has “one long horn, one big eye.” He’s “pigeon-toed, undergrowed.” But when the...
