Famous Blues Covers: Elvis Presley, "Hound Dog"

Famous Blues Covers: Elvis Presley, "Hound Dog"




Photo by George Kalinsky, taken from Elvis Presley official Facebook page




Famous Blues Covers



Elvis Presley made “Hound Dog” famous and it's always a pleasure to listen to it. 




 

However, not everyone realizes that the original version of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s song was recorded by the blues artist best known as Big Mama Thornton in 1952.





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