“Hound Dog” co-writer Mike Stoller has refuted claims that Elvis Presley’s version of the classic rock’n’roll song was stolen from Big Mama Thornton. In an interview with Brain Hiatt for Rolling Stone ...
Liz O'Connell is a Newsweek Reporter based in North Carolina. Her focus is on pet news and videos. Liz joined Newsweek in 2023 and had previously worked at PetHelpful.com, the Charlotte Business ...
In some ways, this classic early rock ‘n’ roll song, Hound Dog,” has become a lightning rod at the center of an unwinnable debate. It has become Big Mama Thornton against Elvis Presley. While the song ...
Baz Luhrmann‘s box-office-topping new movie Elvis does manage to show the powerhouse singer Big Mama Thornton (played by Shonka Dukureh) performing “Hound Dog,” a song she recorded in 1952, four years ...
Everyone’s sweaty for the King thanks to Baz Luhrmann’s hit box-office biopic Elvis. Since the film’s release, Chartmetric reports that Elvis Presley has gained 2 million Spotify subscribers. But if ...
Mike Stoller, one of the original writers of Elvis Presley’s 1956 hit “Hound Dog,” says the song was never stolen from blues singer and songwriter Big Mama Thornton. Stoller, now 89, recounted the ...
Elvis was the only pup not adopted at a shelter event in Chicago. After a local media blitz he's found a home, and half of the couple who took him in is a former Elvis impersonator. Good morning. I'm ...
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