and songs by the Chipmunks, “The Purple People Eater” was part of a craze in the 1950s for novelty rock songs. These were songs that used the sounds and tropes of rock and roll but were less ...

Sputnik-era pop song that became his biggest hit. “The Purple People Eater,” with lyrics that included “It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater,” spent six weeks at No. 1 ...

Wooley thought it was a great idea for a song and "Purple People Eater" was born. Wooley moved to Nashville from his family's Oklahoma farm and was signed to MGM Records in the late 1940's.

On the song, Wooley sings, Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the sky It had the one long horn, and one big eye It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater (One-eyed, one-horned ...

The song had people across the country singing: “It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater.” In a 1982 Associated Press interview, Wooley recalled the era, saying, “The space ...

Early rock hits such as Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" went the route of the novelty song, while classic-rock artists wrote about UFOs in a grander context (or even named themselves after ...

Hello, my name is Kanen Breen. I'm going to sing Purple People Eater. This is one of the first songs I ever learned in primary school, and it's always been one of my favourite songs because of all ...

I like all his songs. But if I had to select some ... Finish story here; Prince Rogers Nelson: The Musical Purple People Eater Forever Iconic.

The answer was "A purple people eater" and, even though the riddle was as unfunny then as it is now, Wooley wrote a song about it. His recording of "Purple People Eater" topped the US charts for ...