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The first and most popular answer song to "Hound Dog" was "Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog)" (Sun 101), recorded at Sun Studios at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee on March 8, 1953, [97] just two weeks after Thornton's original version was released, [98] and even before a review of "Hound Dog" had been published in Billboard. [99] "
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984), [1] was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B.. The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul described Thornton, saying: "Her booming voice, sometimes 200-pound frame, and exuberant stage manner had audiences stomping their feet and shouting encouragement in R&B theaters from coast to coast from the early 1950s on".
Answer songs were also popular in country music in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, sometimes as female responses to an original hit by a male artist or male responses to a hit by a female artist. The original " Hound Dog " song sung by Big Mama Thornton reached number 1 in 1953, and there were six answer songs in response; the most successful of ...
"Hound Dog" (song), a 1952 song recorded by Big Mama Thornton and popularized in 1956 by Elvis Presley; Hound Dog (band), a 1980s Japanese rock band; Hound Dog Taylor (1915–1975), American blues guitarist; Hound Dog, a brand of guitars of the Original Musical Instrument Company
Elvis Country (fragmented version) Elvis Now (complete version) I Was the One: Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers: 1956: For LP Fans Only: I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water: Joe Babcock: 1970: Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) I Will Be Home Again: Bennie Benjamin, Raymond Leveen, Lou Singer: 1960: Elvis Is Back! I ...
The single was released on July 13, 1956, backed with "Hound Dog". [1] Within a few weeks "Hound Dog" had risen to #2 on the Pop charts with sales of over one million. [ 2 ] Soon after it was overtaken by "Don't Be Cruel," which took #1 on all three main charts; Pop, Country , and R'n'B . [ 1 ]
According to Elvis, hound dogs cry all the time. He’s not… totally wrong. A lot of hound dog breeds, like Basset Hounds, were bred to announce themselves and communicate with their fellow hunters.
Hounddog is a 2007 American coming-of-age drama film written, directed, and produced by Deborah Kampmeier.The film stars Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright Penn, and Isabelle Fuhrman in her film debut.