Question: The actor and singer best known for his 1958 song "The Purple People Eater" released what first single?

Context articles: Carl Gardner
Robin Luke
Purple Line (song)
Sheb Wooley
Brendan Bowyer
That's My Pa
Purple People Eater (film)
David Coverdale
Thora Birch
The Purple People Eater

Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters.
 Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Robin Luke (born 20 March 1942, Los Angeles, California) is an American rockabilly singer who is best known for his 1958 song, "Susie Darlin'".
 He later worked as a University professor for Marketing.
 Luke has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
"Purple Line" is Tohoshinki's 16th Japanese single, written by the Korean composer who made Tohoshinki's biggest hits in Korea such as "Rising Sun" and ""O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.
" It became Tohoshinki's first Japanese single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly sales chart in Japan, making the group the first foreign male group or boyband to top the Japanese charts and second Korean artist after BoA to do so.
 "Purple Line" was Tohoshinki's first single that was originally released in Japanese and later released in Korean as a single.
 According to the members, the name "Purple Line" refers to the thin rays of light on horizon when the sun sets.
 Despite being the first #1 single from Tohoshinki, it is not their strongest single in terms of physical sales, with "Break Out!
" having the biggest lead in Japan.
 It was released a week before their third Japanese album " T" which included the song in its tracks.
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater."
 He played Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller, in the film "High Noon"; played Travis Cobb in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"; and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series "Rawhide."
Brendan Bowyer (born 12 October 1938 in Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish singer best known for fronting the Royal Showband and The Big Eight, and who had five number one hits in Ireland.
 He is also renowned for having The Beatles open for the Royal Showband at a concert on 2 April 1962 at the Pavilion Theatre, Liverpool, some six months before the release of The Beatles first single Love Me Do in October 1962.
 Brendan is regarded as one of the first headlining Elvis impersonators. Elvis Presley himself was a big fan of Brendan's performances and would often attend Bowyers concerts in the Stardust Resort & Casino, Las Vegas during the 1970s.
"That's My Pa" is a 1962 single by Sheb Wooley.
 "That's My Pa" would be Sheb Wooley's first single to hit the country chart and was also his most successful release hitting the number one spot for one week and staying on the charts for seventeen weeks.
Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science-fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by Linda Shayne, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch in her film debut, Dustin Diamond and Peggy Lipton, with Chubby Checker and Little Richard making musical guest appearances.
 The film was released on December 16, 1988.
David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English rock singer best known for his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978.
 Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after which he established his solo career.
 A collaboration with Jimmy Page resulted in a 1993 album that was a commercial and critical success.
 In 2016, Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple, giving one of the band's induction speeches.
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress.
 She made her film debut in "Purple People Eater" (1988), for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age, and rose to early prominence as a child star with her performances in films such as "All I Want for Christmas" (1991), "Patriot Games" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Monkey Trouble" (1994), "Now and Then" (1995) and "Alaska" (1996).
"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached no. 1 in the "Billboard" pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, reached no. 12 overall in the UK singles chart and topped the Australian charts.