Hound Dog By Elvis Presley

Elvis presley based his version of the song on freddie bell and the bellboys performance with amended lyrics which he attended in las vegas in 1956.
Hound dog by elvis presley. Hound dog is a twelve bar blues written by jerry leiber and mike stoller and originally recorded by willie mae big mama thornton in 1952. Barry from sauquoit ny on this day in 1956 october 26th elvis hound dog peaked at 2 for 3 weeks on the united kingdom s official singles chart it was the second of his seventeen records to peak at 2 in the united kingdom.
As elvis presley was a major seminal influence on paul mccartney and john lennon and hound dog was a favorite of the young lennon and his mother during the beatles early career hound dog was one of the songs lennon and mccartney as the quarrymen later as the beatles played from august 1957 through 1961. Music video by elvis presley performing hound dog audio.
All rights reserved by rca records a division of sony music entertainment. Lyrics to hound dog.
You ain t nothin but a hound dog cryin all the time you ain t nothin but a hound dog cryin all the time. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues country and rock and roll in the mid 1950s.
Lyrics to hound dog by elvis presley. The 1956 remake by elvis presley is the best known version.
Elvis presley hound dog. No recorded version is known to.