- Sheb Wooley is the voice of the 'Wilhelm Scream' as used in countless beloved classics, from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises to the likes of Toy Story, Reservoir Dogs, Beauty and the Beast ... the list goes on and on.
- In 1969 he was one of the original members of the cast of Hee Haw (1969), the-long running country slapstick series. He also wrote the familiar theme song. He left the show after only filming 13 episodes due to other professional demands. He returned from time to time as a guest.
- It is believed that it was he who recorded the famous Wilhelm Scream for the movie Distant Drums (1951) (in which he played a soldier). He was one of the few actors assembled for the recording of additional vocal elements for the film. It is likely he was asked on the spot to perform other things for the film, including the screams of a "man getting bitten by an alligator" (as the Wilhelm Scream takes were slated).
- Was one of the four gunslingers who stalked Gary Cooper in the western film classic High Noon (1952) (for the record, the others were Ian MacDonald, Robert J. Wilke, Lee Van Cleef).
- The running lyric to his huge 1958 novelty song hit "The Purple People Eater" was: "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater." It spent six weeks at #1 and sold 3,000,000 copies. Other silly songs included "Talk Back Blubbering Lips," "Sunday Morning Fallin' Down," "Harper Valley PTA (Later That Same Day)," "The Happiest Squirrel in the Whole U.S.A." and "Fifteen Beers Ago." He also recorded the parody "Don't Go Near the Eskimos," based on Rex Allen's 1962 hit "Don't Go Near the Indians.".
- Formed his own radio band, The Plainview Melody Boys, at the age 15.
- Awarded Comedian of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1968.
- He got the idea for his hit song "Purple People Eater" when a friend of his mentioned that his young son came home from elementary school with a joke he had heard: "What has one eye, one horn, flies and eats people?" "A one-eyed, one-horned flying people eater!".
- His wife Linda was also his manager.
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