Sam The Sham Pharaohs
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
The man behind Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs is actually called Domingo “Sam” Zamudio and took the stage name of Sam the Sham. He is now a retired but he and his band were popular American rock and roll singers. He had a signature style in dressing and would wear a camp robe and turban brining along all of his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse which had maroon velvet curtains. Two of their most popular hits in the mid-1960s were “Wooly Bully” and “Li’l Red Riding Hood”.
Sam brought together his “Pharaohs” in Dallas, Texas in 1961. The groups name was an inspiration from the costumes which actor Yul Brynner wore when he played a pharaoh in the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments. His Pharaohs were Carl Miedke, Russel
The man behind Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs is actually called Domingo “Sam” Zamudio and took the stage name of Sam the Sham. He is now a retired but he and his band were popular American rock and roll singers. He had a signature style in dressing and would wear a camp robe and turban brining along all of his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse which had maroon velvet curtains. Two of their most popular hits in the mid-1960s were “Wooly Bully” and “Li’l Red Riding Hood”.
Sam brought together his “Pharaohs” in Dallas, Texas in 1961. The groups name was an inspiration from the costumes which actor Yul Brynner wore when he played a pharaoh in the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments. His Pharaohs were Carl Miedke, Russel