Hound Dog (song)
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| + | --"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" (1952) by Big Mama Thornton | ||
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| "'''Hound Dog'''" is a [[twelve-bar blues]] written by [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]] and originally recorded by [[Big Mama Thornton|Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton]] in [[1952]]. Other early versions illustrate the differences among [[blues]], [[country music|country]], and [[rock and roll]] in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by [[Elvis Presley]] is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on [[Rolling Stone]]'s list of [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].. From the 1970s onward, the song has appeared, or is heard, as a part of the soundtrack in numerous motion pictures, most notably in blockbusters such as ''[[American Graffiti]]'', ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. | "'''Hound Dog'''" is a [[twelve-bar blues]] written by [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]] and originally recorded by [[Big Mama Thornton|Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton]] in [[1952]]. Other early versions illustrate the differences among [[blues]], [[country music|country]], and [[rock and roll]] in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by [[Elvis Presley]] is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on [[Rolling Stone]]'s list of [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].. From the 1970s onward, the song has appeared, or is heard, as a part of the soundtrack in numerous motion pictures, most notably in blockbusters such as ''[[American Graffiti]]'', ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. | ||
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"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.. From the 1970s onward, the song has appeared, or is heard, as a part of the soundtrack in numerous motion pictures, most notably in blockbusters such as American Graffiti, Grease, Forrest Gump, Lilo and Stitch and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
