Hound Dog Original Writer
Willie mae big mama thornton december 11 1926 july 25 1984 was an american rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.
Hound dog original writer. Neatorama presents a guest post from actor comedian and voiceover artist eddie deezen. Mike stoller elvis presley and jerry leiber at mgm studios in culver city california.
Before elvis sang hound dog there was big mama thornton in 1952 she recorded hound dog while working with another peacock artist johnny otis. Hound dog man is a 1959 film directed by don siegel based on the 1947 novel by fred gipson and starring fabian carol lynley and stuart whitman.
Though the original hound dog by mama. All rights reserved by rca records a division of sony music entertainment.
Hound dog is a twelve bar blues song written by jerry leiber and mike stoller. Recorded originally by big mama thornton on august 13 1952 in los angeles and released by peacock records in late february 1953 hound dog was thornton s only hit record selling over 500 000 copies spending 14 weeks in the r b charts including seven weeks at number one.
Yes that was 1952. Visit eddie at his website the classic song hound dog was released in 1952 and was number one on the charts for seven weeks.
Rare live performance from big mama thornton. Because he learned them leiber.
Music video by elvis presley performing hound dog audio. The song made her a star but she didn t make any money off of it.
Original hound dog single was recorded by big mama thornton over the years numerous critics have accused elvis of stealing hound dog from big mama thornton who originally recorded it in 1953 but profited very little compared to what elvis earned from his 1956 rendition. She was the first to sing hound dog.
