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Spoofing The Big Ones!

Ben Colder

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASMCD3741

Format Details: Expanded Edition /

Release Date:  30 August 2019

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988374124

Genres:  Country  Country  

  • Description

    Ben Colder was the alter-ego of singing actor Sheb Wooley, who'd enjoyed a worldwide hit with the million-selling 'Purple People Eater' back in 1958.
    In 1962 he successfully wrote and recorded an 'answer disc' to Rex Allen's US hit 'Don't Go Near The Indians', titled 'Don't Go Near The Eskimos', which was issued as 'Ben Colder', a made-up name.

    Its success led to him cutting an LP of similarly-styled material, "Spoofing The Big Ones!", which lampooned eleven further recent US hits by artists like Johnny Cash, Faron Young, Marty Robbins and Jerry Wallace.

    This compilation reissues that album plus, as bonus tracks, the original versions of the twelve US hits which were spoofed.

    Further bonus tracks feature a half-dozen rare Sheb Wooley novelty releases from the late 50s/early 60s.

    The original LP, "Spoofing The Big Ones!" has never previously appeared on CD, which makes this compilation a unique and crucial collectors' release.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Hello Wall #2
      • 2. Devil Woman #2
      • 3. Don’t Take Your Cash To Town, John
      • 4. Little Bitty Steer
      • 5. Walking The Floor Over You #2
      • 6. Don’t Worry ’bout Me #2
      • 7. Shudders And Screams
      • 8. I Walk The Line #2
      • 9. Release Me #2
      • 10. Don’t Go Near The Eskimos
      • 11. Ballad Of A Mean Ole Queen
      • 12. The Real Me
      • 13. Faron Young • Hello Walls
      • 14. Marty Robbins • Devil Woman
      • 15. Johnny Cash • Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
      • 16. Burl Ives • A Little Bitty Tear
      • 17. Pat Boone • Walking The Floor Over You
      • 18. Marty Robbins • Don’t Worry
      • 19. Jerry Wallace • Shutters And Boards
      • 20. Johnny Cash • I Walk The Line
      • 21. Little Esther Phillips • Release Me
      • 22. Rex Allen • Don’t Go Near The Indians
      • 23. Johnny Cash • Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
      • 24. Don Gibson • Oh Lonesome Me
      • 25. Ben Colder • Louisiana Trapper
      • 26. Sheb Wooley • Monkey Jive
      • 27. Sheb Wooley • The Chase
      • 28. Sheb Wooley • Pygmy Love
      • 29. Sheb Wooley • Luke The Spook
      • 30. Sheb Wooley • Skin Tight, Pin Striped, Purple Pedal Pushers