Format Details: Expanded Edition /
Release Date: 30 August 2019
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988374124
Format Details: Expanded Edition /
Release Date: 30 August 2019
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988374124
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
Various Artists
Various Artists
Miki & Griff
Marty Robbins
Henry "Rag Time Texas" Thomas
Gene Allison
Edmundo Ros
Freddy Cole
Bill Medley
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Cody Jinks
Miki & Griff
Marty Robbins
Don McLean
Daryle Singletary
Grits and Glamour (featuring Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan)