Sheb Wooley

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". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who provided the Wilhelm scream and all of the other stock sound effects for Thomas J. Valentino's Major Records during the 1940s.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 10, 1921 (Erick), Died September 16, 2003 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor E1VB-2003 10-in. 4/17/1951 Country kisses Oklahoma Wranglers ; Guy Willis Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D7VB-1840 10-in. 10/30/1947 Peepin' through the keyhole (watching Jole Blon) Riders of the Rio Grande ; Johnny Tyler Male vocal solo, with string band composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wooley, Sheb," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358107.

Wooley, Sheb. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358107.

"Wooley, Sheb." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358107

External Sources

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Wooley, Sheb, 1921-2003 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93004884

Wikidata: Sheb Wooley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1349284

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/46957753

MusicBrainz: Sheb Wooley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/42b26772-c5a8-4af5-9fbb-d63593a48a29

ISNI: 0000 0000 7828 0752 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000078280752

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/317867

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