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Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is credited with "helping to spur the evolution of black R&B into rock music". [9] Brandeis University professor Stephen J. Whitefield, in his 2001 book In Search of American Jewish Culture, regards "Hound Dog" as a marker of "the success of race-mixing in music a year before the desegregation of public schools was mandated" in Brown v.
The song's lyrics refer to a man who was an "underwhelming lover" [3] whom Doja Cat feels "never deserved her attention". [4] Produced by Rogét Chahayed and Yeti Beats, it samples Shonka Dukureh's recording of the song "Hound Dog", which was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, first recorded by Big Mama Thornton (who Dukureh plays in the film) in 1952 and notably covered by Presley.
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".
Flewed out with my boobs out, put a cork in it. Love it when you be cryin’ out when I’m corseted. I don’t think you gon’ make it, do not let me start ragin’. I’m losin’ my patience ...
In 1955, they made their first recordings for the Teen Records label, including an adaption of Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog" (first recorded by Big Mama Thornton). [1] When performing the song in Las Vegas, they were seen by Elvis Presley, who was impressed and decided to record the song himself. [2] [3]
On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in New York as " (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". [1] The best-known version of the song was the original, recorded by Patti Page on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by Mercury Records as catalog numbers 70070 (78 rpm) and 70070X45 (45 rpm) under the title " The Doggie ...
In 2009, Simon & Schuster published Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, written by Leiber and Stoller with David Ritz. [20] As of 2007, their songs are managed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. [21] With collaborator Artie Butler, Stoller wrote the music to the musical The People in the Picture, with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart.
According to author Mark Lewisohn in The Complete Beatles Chronicles (p. 362) the Beatles performed "Don't Be Cruel" live from about 1959 to 1961, though no recording is known to survive. The band did record a laid-back version during the massive 1969 Get Back sessions, but it has never been officially released.