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Domingo Samudio, better known as Sam the Sham, was born on November 23, 1933 in Dallas, Texas to Santiago Samudio and Aurora Sanchez. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Sam the Sham would later be known for his campy onstage attire of robe and turban (inspiring one of the great tribute album names, Norton Records' 1994 release Turban Renewal) and hauling his equipment around in a 1952 Packard hearse complete with maroon velvet curtains. Norton Records, a New York City based Independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller maintains a focus on primitive retro Packard was an American luxury Automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation As the front man for Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, he sang on a half dozen Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, most notably Wooly Bully. Sam the Sham is the stage name of rock 'n' roll singer Domingo “Sam” Samudio from Dallas Texas. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 " Wooly Bully " is a song based on the 12 bar blues progression made famous by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs first recorded as " Hully Gully

He won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1972 for his album "Sam, Hard and Heavy". The Grammy Award for Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964

On August 28, 1959 in Dallas, Texas he married Lousie Smith. They had one son named Dimitrius Samudio, who was born on May 28, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. They divorced on May 16, 1968 in Dallas, Texas.

Samudio currently lives in Tennessee. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.


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