Domingo Samudio, better known by his stage name Sam the Sham, is a retired American rock and roll singer. Sam the Sham is known for his camp robe and turban and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. As the front man for the Pharaohs, he sang on several Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, including the Billboard Hot 100 runners-up "Wooly Bully" and "Li'l Red Riding Hood".
Sam the Sham (in turban), with the Pharaohs, 1965.
The Pharaohs in 1965. From left; David Martin, Butch Gibson, Sam the Sham (crouched down), Jerry Patterson and Ray Stinnet
A hearse is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin at a funeral, wake, or memorial service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
Cadillac hearse used at the state funeral of Ronald Reagan
Interior of a hearse in Denmark
Museo del Carmen de Maipú [es] Maipú, Chile
Jewish hearse, Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezín, Czech Republic