Hound Dog Song
You ain t nothing but a hound dog been snoopin round my door you ain t nothing but a hound dog been snoopin round my door you can wag your tail but i ain t gonna feed.
Hound dog song. The original hound dog song sung by big mama thornton reached number 1 in 1953 and there were six answer songs in response. Willie mae big mama thornton december 11 1926 july 25 1984 was an american rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.
The first and most popular answer song to hound dog was bear cat the answer to hound dog sun 101 recorded at sun studios at 706 union avenue memphis tennessee on march 8 1953 just two weeks after thornton s original version was released and even before a review of hound dog had been published in billboard. You ain t nothin but a hound dog cryin all the time you ain t nothin but a hound dog cryin all the time.
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. She was the first to record the h.
On the true blues origins of this rock roll classic written for big mama thornton hound dog written by the legendary songwriting duo of leiber stoller is one of the most famous records in. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues country and rock and roll in the mid 1950s.
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. Lyrics to hound dog by elvis presley.
Music video by elvis presley performing hound dog audio. The most successful of these was bear cat by rufus thomas which reached number 3.
