Domingo “Sam” Samudio

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Domingo Samudio, better known as Sam the Sham, was born on November 23, 1933 in Dallas, Texas to Santiago Samudio and Aurora Sanchez.

Sam the Sham would later be known for his campy onstage attire of robe and turban (inspiring one of the great tribute album names, Norton Records' 1994 release Turban Renewal) and hauling his equipment around in a 1952 Packard hearse complete with maroon velvet curtains. As the front man for Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, he sang on a half dozen Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, most notably Wooly Bully.

He won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1972 for his album "Sam, Hard and Heavy".

On August 28, 1959 in Dallas, Texas he married Lousie Smith. They had one son named Dimitrius Samudio, who was born on May 28, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. They divorced on May 16, 1968 in Dallas, Texas.

Samudio currently lives in Tennessee.