Sheb Wooley is also credited as the voice actor for the Wilhelm scream, a stock recording used by sound-effects teams in over 200 films. [12] Wooley originally performed the scream in the 1951 …

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American character actor in many Westerns, Sheb Wooley was also a figure in country-western music. Born and raised in Oklahoma, he spent his youth as a cowhand.

Singer and songwriter Shelby "Sheb" Wooley was born on April 10, 1921, in Erick, Oklahoma, on the "Sooner" section of old Route 66. His father, Bill Wooley, was a well-known, old-time fiddle player …

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 record label during the 1940s. From Wikipedia...

Oct 31, 2025 · Sheb Wooley’s ‘The Purple People Eater’ took advantage of a unique recording trick, and became one of the best novelty songs of the 1950s.

Sep 16, 2003 · 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 …

A cowboy on and off the screen, Sheb Wooley embraced the Old West as an actor and singer and whose best known works included the song "The Purple People Eater" (1958) and a role as the …

Jan 1, 1997 · Country singer and film star Sheb Wooley moved to Los Angeles in 1949, where he signed with MGM Records and made his first movie appearance in ROCKY MOUNTAIN alongside Errol Flynn.

Among pop culture scholars, Sheb Wooley is best remembered for his late-'50s rock & roll/comedy hit "Purple People Eater," which sold over three million copies.