This Day in Halloween: Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater” reaches number one on the Billboard charts in 1958. / Illustration by Allen Sison
“The Purple People Eater” reaches number one on the Billboard charts in 1958 and remains there until July 10. The novelty pop song by Sheb Wooley also reaches the top of the Australian charts and number 12 on the U.K. charts that year.
