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Big Mama Thornton DIDN'T write Hound Dog; it was written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller. They would go on to write (more) hits for Elvis Presley, the Coasters, and the Drifters, among others.
One of the most important songwriting teams in rock & roll history, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
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Sound hound on the iPhone because you can hum or play a song
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No she was not a lesbian. Another View I don't know how anyone can know for sure. There's lots of rumors about, but nothing more... check out the link I included. Have you heard her song 'Tom Cat' though? I'm sure that's about another woman...
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Hound Dog was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton in 1952. Elvis Presley's 1956 remake is probably the most popular version of the song although it has been recorded over thirty times by other artists.
Why Elvis Presley is more popular than big mama thornton?
Because she ain't nothing but a Hound Dog (note: they both recorded and had success with his song being "Hound Dog"). In actuality Elvis had great success, in recording sales all over the world, starting in 1955 through the passing of his death (sadly) in 1977 whereas Big Mamma Thornton had limited success mostly confined to the South in the United States.
The name of the artist who sang hound dog before Elvis?
Elvis made the song famous but he took it from Big Momma Thorton
Biggest selling blues song?
The song "Hound Dog" was written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller and was originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. However, the best known remake was done by Elvis Presley in 1956. Elvis Presley's version is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Although, Elvis Presley's version of "Hound Dog" is not blues one of the other many versions is blues. " Hound Dog" is the biggest selling blues song of all time.
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Elvis Presley covered a song by an African American artist Big Momma Thornton. the song would become later one of his biggest title tracks this song was called Hound Dog.
When did Elvis sing hound dog?
The first album Hound Dog appeared on is: LPM-1707 Elvis' Golden Records (1957) elvisrecords.us/lpm-1707-elvis-golden-records/ Side 1. Track 1. Another rendition of Hound Dog appeared on LPM-4088 Elvis (1968) (aka Elvis' TV Special, Elvis' Comeback Special, Elvis' NBC-TV Special, or Elvis.) elvisrecords.us/lpm-4088-elvis/
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