Hound Dog Song By Elvis Presley
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Hound dog song by elvis presley. One of the songs that is forever tied to the rise of rock roll is elvis presley s version of hound dog originally written by jerry lieber and mike stoller for rhythm blues singer willie mae big mama thornton the tune in its original incarnation was a modified rhumba fueled on the original recording by an extended guitar solo from pete lewis. Elvis presley s hound dog 1956 is one of the biggest and most instantly recognizable pop songs in history it s a song so closely associated with the king of rock and roll in fact.
Because of a large viewing audience. Parker and eventually a 50 000 three show appearance contract was signed elvis first appearance on the sullivan show was september.
Please give it a thumbs up if it worked for you and a thumbs down if its not working so that we can see if they have taken it down due to copyright issues. This is the version that is 19 on rolling stone s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
The 1956 remake by elvis presley is the best known version. The next day ed sullivan contacted col.
Barry from sauquoit ny on july 1st 1956 elvis presley performed hound dog while wearing a tuxedo and singing to a real hound dog on the nbc tv program the steve allen show. From the 1970 s onward the song has appeared read more.
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. You ain t nothing but a hound dog crying all the time you ain t nothing but a hound dog crying all the time well you ain t never caught a rabbit and you ain t no friend.
Hound dog was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone and over 26 times through 1964.
