A Hounding Question

August 13th, 2009

On this day in 1952, the original version of Hound Dog was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton. It was the first hit for the song-writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. (Among their other famous hits: Kansas City [Wilbert Harrison], On Broadway [The Drifters], and Stand By Me.

Can you imagine how the face of music in America would have changed if they had access to a weight loss pill that works back then? Holy Smoke. They could really belt them out back then.

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