Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" was a hit when released in 1956. But the original was recorded several years earlier by Big Mama ...

"Hound Dog" just took off like a jet. Don Robey's first major hit, the one that his empire is founded on, the one that is most responsible for his success, was by Big Mama Thornton, "Hound Dog." ...

Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

Q: Elvis aficionados know that Presley's breakout song, "That's All Right," was written and performed by Arthur Crudup and ...

In 1967 the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller already had a string of hits in their book, from Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley‘s hit “Hound Dog,” the chart-topping ...

“I just like to sing my soul,” Willie Mae Thornton, better known as Big Mama Thornton ... Highs included having a breakout hit with “Hound Dog,” which Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ...

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WVTM 13 HIGHLIGHTS BLACK ALABAMIANS WHO’VE INFLUENCED THE MUSIC WE CHERISH━SUCH AS RHYTHM AND BLUES SINGER- SONGWRITER BIG MAMA THORNTON, THE FIRST TO RECORD "HOUND DOG," ...

For example, Elvis Presley, one of the most famous rock and roll stars to exist, was launched into fame with the help of a song called “Hound Dog”, which was originally done by the incredible Willie ...

Listen to our secret history of rock and pop playlist now. Where would young Elvis have been without Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” or Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “That’s All Right”?