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malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 09:44 AM Mar 2017

"Hound Dog," Big Mama Thornton



The original recorded version of the song written by a couple of obscure songwriters named Leiber and Stoller... Number One on the R&B charts for 14 weeks in 1952. A little gem of music history.

-- Mal
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"Hound Dog," Big Mama Thornton (Original Post) malthaussen Mar 2017 OP
Obscure? Ha! unc70 Mar 2017 #1
Love it! Love her. Love the blues. livetohike Mar 2017 #2

unc70

(6,095 posts)
1. Obscure? Ha!
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 10:00 AM
Mar 2017

Maybe when they wrote HD, but boy did they have the hits. Wrote a lot for Coasters, Drifters with Ben E King, Elvis, and others.

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