| "The Purple People Eater" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Sheb Wooley | ||||
| B-side | "I Can't Believe You're Mine" | |||
| Released | May 1958[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sheb Wooley | |||
| Sheb Wooley singles chronology | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| The Purple People Eater on YouTube, by Sheb Wooley. MGM Records (1958). (2:18 minutes, with lyrics) | ||||
| The Purple People Eater on YouTube, by Sheb Wooley. Television performance (1958). (1:59 minutes) | ||||
| The Purple People Eater #2 on YouTube, by Ben Colder, a.k.a. Sheb Wooley. MGM Records (1967). (2:33 minutes) | ||||
| Purple People Eater on YouTube, by Sheb Wooley. Gusto Records (1979). (2:25 minutes) | ||||
"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. 1 in Canada,[4] reached No. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart.
- ^ "The Purple People Eater". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Sheb Wooley". Allmusic. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Snyder, Michael (September 30, 2019). "Spooky, scary, and silly tunes". Marina Times. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
...plus "The Purple People Eater," Sheb Wooley's doo-wop style novelty number...
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade –June 16, 1958".