"Hound Dog" is a #twelvebarBlues song written by #JerryLeiberAndMikeStoller. Recorded originally by #BigMamaThornton on August 13, 1952, in Los Angeles and released by #PeacockRecords in late February 1953, "Hound Dog" was Thornton's only hit record, selling over 500,000 copies, spending 14 weeks in the #R_BCharts, including seven weeks at number one. Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is listed as one of the #RockAndRollHallOfFame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock.
https://youtu.be/wxoGvBQtjpM

Hound Dog
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https://youtu.be/Q9BM15I37v4

Big Mama Thornton: Let's go get stoned

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=spkcAjt-TKU

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#LetsGoGetStoned
#MastoDisco

Some more #JukeboxFridayNight, and one of the original #RockAndRollDivas, Big Mama Thornton.

This song is better known, of course, as a huge hit for Elvis. But Thornton's is the original and best; it was written for her by Leiber and Stoller, who were then a couple of teenagers trying to find their big break.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpwvxW0gW0

#music #RockAndRoll #BigMamaThornton

Big Mama Thornton
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You can also sing the slow blues when everything hurts –

Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band, "Everything Gonna Be Alright" (1966)

"Everything gonna be all right tonight baby,
I know 'cause I feel it in my bones …"

#JukeboxFridayNight
#Resilience #BigMamaThornton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUET6aN2sgs

Salut les ami.e.s
Retour aux sources avec Big Mama Thornton, pour qui Leiber et Stoller ont écrit Hound Dog alors qu’Elvis n’était encore qu’un lycéen anonyme.
Toute l’histoire est dans cet excellent podcast : https://anchor.fm/cptdiligaf/episodes/Big-Mama-Thorton---Hound-Dog-e1mvdr5
#Blues #BigMamaThornton

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wxoGvBQtjpM

really needed big mama thornton's particular brand of #blues to soothe my soul today. here she is, to cure your emotional ills.
(eddie boyd & his exquisite piano tinklings also merit a shout.)
#wednesdayWarmers #bigMamaThornton #musique #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phtfvVbGti8
('gonna leave you' - big mama thornton)

Big Mama Thornton was a blues singer, but she wanted to cut some spirituals. A 1966 session with the Muddy Waters Blues Band gave her the chance to record, "I Feel the Way I Feel" and "Guide Me Home".

Big Mama Thornton and the Muddy Waters Blues Band, "I Feel the Way I Feel" (1966)

Vocals – Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Piano – Otis Spann
Bass – Luther Johnson
Drums – Francis Clay
Guitar – Muddy Waters, Samuel Lawhorn
Harmonica – James Cotton

#music #BigMamaThornton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kBUH_X82U

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)

In tien minuten geschreven door het beroemde duo Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller. Het nummer werd tussen 1953 en 1956 meerdere keren gecoverd.
De cover van Elvis Presley uit 1956 werd een wereldhit.

https://youtu.be/764iHBRjAVw

#rnb #rocknroll #BigMamaThornton #ElvisPresley #HoundDog #music #muziek

Tuesday Tunes - #HoundDog (1952) by #BigMamaThornton. I'm an #Elvis fan but this earlier version is far better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg

#music #oldschool #blues

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog Blues

#music #BigMamaThornton #TotallyNotByElvis

https://youtu.be/yoHDrzw-RPg

Now spinning... #BigMamaThornton #BluesMusic #vinyl