The song was so ambiguous that it prompted listeners to draw pictures of the “people eater” and most of the pictures showed him to be purple.Īs with the Chipmunk Song, which was released later that same year, the People Eater’s voice is sped up to provide the texture and timbre we’re familiar with today. The song was released in June 1958 and reached #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts and #12 on the UK singles chart from June 9-July 14 that year. I wanna get a job in a rock ‘n roll band. He said eating purple people, and it sure is fineīut that’s not the reason that I came to land I said Mr Purple People Eater, what’s your line? Many think that the creature is purple, but he actually is described in the song as eating purple people. The premise of the song originated from a joke told by the child of one of One version of a one horned one eyed purple people eaterĪpparently the joke hit a chord, because Wooley composed the song within an hour. The song was written and performed by Sheb Wooley and is classified as a novelty song. The creature is described as a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater” ISBN 9780313285448.“The Purple People Eater” tells how a strange creature descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock ‘n’ roll band. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, week ending April 22, 1972".^ "Jerry Lee Lewis Chart History (Adult Contemporary)".^ "Jerry Lee Lewis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)".^ "Jerry Lee Lewis Chart History (Hot 100)".^ "Jerry Lee Lewis: Artist Chart History".^ " Jerry Lee Lewis – Chantilly Lace" (in Dutch).^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7699." RPM.^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 100211." RPM.^ " Jerry Lee Lewis – Chantilly Lace" (in French).London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1980, p. ^ UK catalogue no.: Mercury 6052 131 the single reached No.33 und stayed for five weeks in the charts Rice, Jo / Rice, Tim / Gambacini, Paul / Read, Mike: The Guinness Book Of The Hits Of The 70s.Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. ^ The single peaked at No.43 Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993.New York City / New York: Billboard Books London: Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1991, p. ^ Roland, Tom: The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits.^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, week ending October 25, 1958". ^ "CHUM Hit Parade, week of October 13, 1958"."Show 14 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties.
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