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Willie Mae Thornton (December 11, 1926 - July 25, 1984), better known as Big Mama Thornton because of her height (nearly 6 feet) and weight (200 pounds), was an American singer and songwriter of the blues and R&B.

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About Hound Dog "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. 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.

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Big Mama Thornton sings 'Hound Dog' from her 1969 Mercury album 'Stronger Than Dirt'. Her earlier 1953 Peacock Records version was a no. one R&B hit made eve.

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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.

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[Verse 1] You told me you was high class But I could see through that Yes, you told me you was high class But I could see through that And daddy I know You ain't no real cool cat [Chorus] You ain't.

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August | 13 Choose another date 1952 "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.

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"Hound Dog," performed by Big Mama Thornton, is a blues classic filled with poignant metaphorical undertones. At its core, it's about disillusionment and heartbreak, portraying a relationship where one party feels deceived by the other's false pretenses. The "hound dog" symbolizes an unfaithful, deceptive lover who's been exposed.

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Four years before Presley would croon the song to a bored basset hound on the Steve Allen Show on July 1, 1956, a bawdy blues singer named Big Mama Thornton first sang the track. Her version, which exuded female empowerment and ownership of sexuality, sounded even more daring than Presley's relatively tame reworking.

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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.

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Wille Mae "Big Mama" Thornton recorded "Hound Dog," a song written for her, in 1952. It climbed to Number 1 on the Billboard rhythm and blues music charts. When Elvis Presley recorded it.

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89K 5.2M views 11 years ago Blues in a perfect way: 2 Parts of a life show in 1965: In the 1st part Big Mama Thornton is singing Hound Dog. 2:35 In the 2nd part Big Mama Thornton, John Lee.

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On 13 August 1952, Willie Mae Thornton, now better known as Big Mama Thornton, recorded, with Johnny Otis and his orchestra a song that would become her signature forever: "Hound Dog." And it was just a few days after that that she had become "Big Mama Thornton." That occurred when she performed with Otis at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.

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Willie Mae Thornton, also known as "Big Mama" was the first artist to record "Hound Dog" in 1952. Elvis Presley and Janis Jopin also made the song a household name. [Photo/Alabama Heritage Archives] Elvis Presley may have made "Hound Dog" a household name, but the origins of the song are rooted deep in Alabama.