Big Mama Thornton was a big name in R&B. She's one of the many Black musicians we credit for what we today call rock & roll. 'Elvis' reminds viewers of Big Mama Thornton's blues hits, including the ...
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Elvis made it famous, but he was not the first to record the iconic song “Hound Dog.” In fact, only a chance encounter here in Las Vegas led him to make the record in the first ...
OZARK — Middle school students from Ozark and Dale County got a chance to hear the blues Wednesday at a program dedicated to local blues legend Big Mama Thornton. About 500 students from the Ozark ...
Big Mama Thornton’s biggest hit was far and away her 1952 recording of “Hound Dog” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The press lauded the track as the top blues song in the country, spurring countless ...