Hound Dog [Import]

hound dog [import]

Track Listings
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Long Tall Sally
3. I Was The One
4. Money Honey
5. I Got A Woman
6. Blue Seude Shoes
7. Hound Dog
8. Baby Let's Play House
9. Maybelline
10. That's Alright Mama
11. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
12. Ther's Good Rockin Tonight
13. I Got A Woman
14. Tweedle Dee
15. Interview

Hound Dog,Elvis Presley,Delta,Oldies

Hound Dog [Import]
Hound Dog: Essential Collection
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Apples & Oranges
  • just a great voice and great songs!
  • Big Mama's Rockin' Bluesy Rhythm & Blues
  • Best Ever
  • Elvis is still the "King!"
 Hound Dog: Essential Collection
Big Mama Thornton
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000258FI
Release Date: 2001-09-19

Tracks:

  1. Hound Dog
  2. My Man Called Me
  3. I Smell A Rat
  4. They Call Me Big Mama
  5. Cotton Picking Blues
  6. Wille Mae's Trouble
  7. I Just Can't Help Myself
  8. I Ain't No Fool Either
  9. You Don't Move Me Anymore
  10. Let Your Tears Fall Baby
  11. Rock-A-Bye Baby
  12. Yes Baby
  13. How Come
  14. Nightmare
  15. Stop A-Hoppin' On Me
  16. Just Like A Dog, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
  17. Walking Blues
  18. Big Change
  19. Hard Times
  20. Laugh, Laugh, Laugh
  21. Fish
  22. I've Searched The Whole World Over

Amazon.com

The classic "Hound Dog" is usually associated with Elvis Presley, but blues fans know: Presley's recording wasn't the first. That honor belongs to singer Big Mama Thornton, whose own recording of "Hound Dog" was eclipsed by Presley's. Her version is on this collection in all its glory, opening a CD of 17 killer tracks. Thornton's voice, by turns growling and richly melodic, was indeed unusual, and the spare accompaniment on Hound Dog makes it stand out all the more on songs such as "They Call Me Big Mama," "How Come," "The Big Change," "Hard Times," and "The Fish." Thornton had talent and attitude to spare, and both come through loud and clear on this essential collection. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Apples & Oranges.......2007-05-26

Why all the knockin' Elvis's version?? It sold millions and put the song on the rock & roll map. He was..is.. one of the great singers of all time.
Comparing Mama's version to Elvis's is like apples & oranges.
Mama is.. well.. great! You like her or you don't. She's got that early old time rock sound that we grew up on. Listen to her music and make up your own mind... she is one 'rockin' Mama.

4 out of 5 stars just a great voice and great songs!.......2007-05-21

from the first second you put this record on it's amazing! what a woman this was!

3 out of 5 stars Big Mama's Rockin' Bluesy Rhythm & Blues.......2007-01-11

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was much more than the originator of "Hound Dog" - she was one of the greatest Blues singers. She could be fun and sassy, and could also be plaintive and emotional. After Bessie Smith and before Koko Taylor, there was Big Mama Thornton.

HOUND DOG: THE PEACOCK RECORDINGS consists of 18 songs recorded 1952-1957 on the Peacock label (note: track 8 on Duke), some previously unreleased on US album, one (track 15) previously unreleased in the US; songs are not in chronological order. Disc packaged in black jewel case; total running time: 47:15. Booklet includes a pedestrian essay by Mary Katherine Aldin, several black & white photographs (plus an image of a poster promoting a Big Mama performance), and detailed track information (songwriters, musician personnel, recording dates). Sound quality is excellent.

These are her early recordings, made after she started touring as a singer at age 14 (performing with - or against - "Little Esther" Phillips). She went on to record for Baytone, Kent, Mercury, Vanguard, and Arhoolie labels, where she would record "Wade in the Water" and "Ball N' Chain", the latter notably covered by Janis Joplin.

Most of these 50s recordings are made with the Johnny Otis Orchestra. "Yes, Baby" (track 8) is a duet with Johnny Ace. The music is not as much Blues as Rhythm & Blues and early Rock N' Roll. Most of the songs are up-tempo numbers.

I like this disc, but it is rather brief. I prefer "Ball `N' Chain", a collection of much Blues-ier 1960s recordings released on Arhoolie.

music: 2 stars
packaging: 3 stars

5 out of 5 stars Best Ever.......2007-01-03

Big Mama is probably the best female blues vocalist ever. She can belt them out and swing at the same time. There is not a bad song in the bunch and the sound quality is as good as it is going to get for the era. If you don't own and Big Mama you have to get this.

3 out of 5 stars Elvis is still the "King!".......2005-02-01

I will agree that "Big Mama's" version is good...But Elvis is still the "King." When I hear Elvis, I want to get up and move. His version may be an imitation, but it still kicks ass....Big Mama deserved more credit than she got...I mean the woman has soul and funk....Both versions should be appreciated for what they are- kick ass good music...But Elvis still rules in my book...

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