Brinegar remained active in acting until shortly before his death. He passed away in 1995 at the age of 77. Sheb Wooley played Pete Nolan, a scout with a strong sense of direction. A talented musician ...

The “Purple People Eaters,” named for the iconic late-1950s bop performed by Sheb Wooley, were comprised of Marshall, Gary Larsen and Hall of Famers Alan Page and Carl Eller, who terrorized ...

When Sheb Wooley wrote his musical story about a purple alien coming from the sky that would eat people and just wanted to join a rock band, little did he know he had an enteral hit on his hands ...

“I had a pet elephant on the show and my dad chaperoned me on a press junket,” Dolenz remembered. Someone asked him to sing a song, and he took a stab at the Sheb Wooley novelty hit “The Purple People ...

Dolenz will be singing those songs and telling those stories at City Winery Pittsburgh in two shows, at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. It will be one of about 50 concerts Dolenz does every year ...

Ian MacDonald, the killer returning from jail to get Cooper, is excellent, as are Lee Van Cleef, Robert Wilke and Sheb Wooley, his gun pals. Throughout the film is a hauntingly-presented ballad ...

“Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley (Single 1958) Fans of the new superhero animated series X-Men ’97 will recall hearing this song in one of the crucial moments from the season.

I was content to sing along to "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley on the record player my Uncle Howard gave me for my eighth birthday. But my friend Jeff Pinski, former Morning News managing editor, ...