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Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

Wooly Bully

1966 · via Bread and Beer Band

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs’ earliest release of “Wooly Bully” on file came out in 1966. Sam the Sham wrote it. The earliest release on file is Los Freddies’, from 1965, along with Queta Garay’s. Also recorded by Bruce Springsteen (released 1987), Bad Manners (released 1980) and Canned Heat (released 2001), among 318 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The man who wrote it put it out with his own Pharaohs, and somehow a song like that ended up in the hands of Elton John's band and Springsteen's both. Los Freddies had it on record back in 1965, if you want to keep pulling.

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Credited writer: Sam the Sham.

Earliest release on file: Los Freddies, 1965, the same year as Queta Garay.

Other recordings on file · first release year

318 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 26, 2026.

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Elton John's side group Bread and Beer Band recorded Wooly Bully, a song Bruce Springsteen and Bad Manners also put on record. Who wrote it?Sam the Sham
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