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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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Published by Barry Philips · December 30, 2019 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
86-Big Mama Thornton-Hound Dog.
1952-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 0.01.This original version and the Elvis cover are completely different renditions,but both equally as good and groundbreaking in the development of Rock ‘N’ Roll.I could have happily posted the Elvis as well,but this is a top 1000 countdown,not a top 1001.
In August 1952 R&B bandleader and music entrepreneur Johnny Otis(1921-2012) asked 19 year-old songwriters Jerry Leiber(1933-2011) and Mike Stoller(see also best songs 954-804 and 124) to his home to meet Blues singer Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton(1926-1984.) After hearing her sing,they wrote a song to suit her personality. Leiber recalled,’She looked like the biggest,baddest,saltiest chick you would ever see,and she was mean,a ‘lady bear.’She must have been 350 pounds and she had scars all over her face.’Stoller said,’She was a wonderful Blues singer,with a great moaning style.’Thornton’s singing style was an influence on Rock ‘N’ Roll,which was now only just around the corner.
In 1955 Freddie Bell and the Bellboys who were one of the first white groups to play the R&B hits of the day recorded a version of Hound Dog.Elvis Presley(see also best songs 954-664-442 and 194) was impressed after hearing them perform the song and decided to record it in a similar style.Presley’s ‘gyrating’ performance of the song on television shocked many of the older generation and ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ had arrived.Presley’s version of Hound Dog spent eleven weeks at Number 1 on Billboard and is his best selling song.
‘You ain’t nothing but a hound dog,been snoopin’ ’round the door.’
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The countdown continues tomorrow at 1.0.pm.YOUTUBE.COMWillie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton – Hound Dog