![]() ![]() ![]() Sam also released a solo album in late 1967, titled Ten of Pentacles. The group traveled to Asia as Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs and The Shamettes and released the album titled The Sam the Sham Revue (originally to be titled Nefertiti by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, which is printed on the inside record labels). In late 1966, three women, Fran Curcio, Lorraine Gennaro, and Jane Anderson, joined as The Shamettes. That lasted about two years, before I dropped out and became a carny." Post-hit career He recalled: "I was studying classical in the daytime and playing rock and roll at night. After graduating from high school, Samudio joined the Navy, where he was known as "Big Sam." He lived in Panama for six years, until his discharge.īack in the States, Samudio enrolled in college, studying voice at Arlington State College, now the University of Texas at Arlington. Later, he took up guitar and formed a group with friends, one of whom was Trini Lopez. Samudio made his singing debut in second grade, representing his school in a radio broadcast. As the front man for the Pharaohs, he sang on several Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, including the Billboard Hot 100 runners-up " Wooly Bully" and " Li'l Red Riding Hood". ![]() Sam the Sham was known for his camp robe and turban and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. Domingo " Sam" Samudio (born Main Dallas, Texas, United States), better known by his stage name Sam the Sham, was an American former rock and roll singer. ![]()
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