Hound Dog Was First Recorded By
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Hound dog was first recorded by. One was hound dog which she first recorded three years before elvis. 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.
She was the first to record leiber and stoller s hound dog in 1952 which became her biggest hit staying seven weeks at number one on the billboard r b chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies. It was covered by mark w.
Hound dog is a twelve bar blues song written by jerry leiber and mike stoller. Willie mae big mama thornton december 11 1926 july 25 1984 was an american rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.
Of the 16 songs on the ball chain cd recorded when she was in her early 40s two were huge hits for others. Hound dog is recorded for the first time by big mama thornton elvis presley s hound dog 1956 is one of the biggest and most instantly recognizable pop songs in history.
She was the first to record the h. Elvis presley released it on the single hound dog in 1956.
In fact the story of the song that gave elvis his longest running 1 hit 11 weeks in the summer of 1956 began four years earlier when hound dog was recorded for the very first time by the rhythm and blues singer ellie mae big mama thornton in los angeles california. Sadly big mama thornton hardly collected any of the profits she rightfully deserved.
The song made her a star but she didn t make any money off of it. Hound dog took like twelve minutes.
She was the first to sing hound dog. Willie mae thornton december 11 1926 july 25 1984 better known as big mama thornton was an american rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.
The song was a smash hit and sold almost two million copies. This song was written by the team of jerry leiber and mike stoller and first recorded by big mama thornton in 1952 in an interview leiber explained.
