Hound Dog Versions
Willie mae big mama thornton december 11 1926 july 25 1984 was an american rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.
Hound dog versions. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Before elvis sang hound dog there was big mama thornton in 1952 she recorded hound dog while working with another peacock artist johnny otis.
It was covered by mark w. The bellboys had had a minor hit with their own pop version of hound dog the year before in 1955.
Hound dog is a twelve bar blues song written by jerry leiber and mike stoller. Elvis presley released it on the single hound dog in 1956.
To turn it into a pop song they had dropped a verse and changed the lyrics to lieber s great annoyance so that the hound dog in question is no longer snoopin round my door but is now cryin all the time and the phrase. She was the first to record the h.
Curran shari lewis 101 strings the ballroom band and other artists. It was covered by mark w.
All rights reserved by rca records a division of sony music entertainment. Hound dog by scotty moore was written by jerry leiber and mike stoller and was first recorded and released by willie mae big mama thornton in 1953.
Scotty moore released it on the album the guitar that changed the world. 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.
Hound dog by elvis presley was written by jerry leiber and mike stoller and was first recorded and released by willie mae big mama thornton in 1953. Music video by elvis presley performing hound dog audio.
On this day in 1952 big mama thornton and the johnny otis band recorded hound dog and turned it into a smash hit on the r b charts where it stayed at 1 for seven weeks. Curran shari lewis 101 strings the ballroom band and other artists.
It was covered by mark w.
