Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" (1958)
The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. 1 in Canada, reached No. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart.
Part of the lyrics to this song are used in our JS Alien Language app when you click the 'Default Message' button
(We've used the lyrics of this song to practice our web page design skills; check out that saga as it evolves.
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