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Comparing Big Mama Thornton Or Little Richard's Recording Of 'Hound Dog'
Essay 4: Compare Big Mama Thornton or Little Richard’s recording of "Hound Dog" with that of Elvis Presley
Jingwen Yang
Dr. Mark Berry
Due Day: June 24th
Compare Big Mama Thornton or Little Richard’s Recording of "Hound Dog" with that of Elvis Presley
The song “Hound Dog” is a blue song when it was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, even though they were rock music composer. But, when I listened to the recording which one performed by Elvis Presley, I felt that this song more like a rock music. Actually, “Hound Dog” was written for a blue song singer, Big Mama Thornton in 1952. Four years late, Elvis Presley performed his own version of this song and established his position extra. Because of Elvis Presley is a man and Big Mama Thornton

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