POP/ROCK - July 20, 1987

The penner of the infamous “Purple People Eater” is at it again. Veteran actor-singer Sheb Wooley has recorded “The Ballad of Jim & Tammy,” telling the tale of former PTL minister Jim Bakker and his wife, Tammy Faye. “He got a little lovin’ at the good ole PTL / And he paid a lot of money so that Jessie wouldn’t tell,” the song says, referring to Bakker’s tryst with church secretary Jessica Hahn, who subsequently received payments from PTL. Wooley most recently portrayed a school principal in the movie “Hoosiers.”