Who or What Is ‘Wooly Bully’?

Unraveling the Story Behind the Sam the Sham Classic

MGM Records

Despite the robes and headdress, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs were part of the Tex-Mex musical tradition of Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender. Sam is Domingo Samudio, a Dallas, Texas rocker whose first and biggest hit was 1964’s “Wooly Bully.”