The original version of Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was about a freeloader. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller co-wrote “Hound Dog,” which was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton.

Chicago canine became less of a hound dog, and more of a stuck-at-the-pound dog Elvis was the only pup not adopted at a shelter event in Chicago. After a local media blitz he's found a home, and ...

But if you’re hearing a lot more “Hound Dog” these days, you might look to Doja Cat’s hit song “Vegas,” which updates — and interpolates — one of Elvis’s signature songs for ...

Elvis Presley did another classic version of “Hound Dog” in 1956. But he wasn’t covering the Big Mama Thornton song. These were two different tunes with the same title — the only thing ...

The “Hound Dog” vocal and the “Vegas” song, which itself samples Dukureh’s “Hound Dog” cover, essentially overlap, and the cue sheet declares a minute and 20 seconds of “Vegas ...

Doja Cat's song 'Vegas,' the hit single from the 'Elvis' soundtrack, uses only a line from Presley's 'Hound Dog' and appears briefly in the film. Should it qualify for an Oscar?