♫♪ ♪♫ Happy Birthday to You •*¨*•♫♪ If YOU have a birthday today, you share it with… When I was growing up Elvis Presley’s “Ain’t Nothin’ But A Hound Dog” was a popular song. Who knew it had been popularized earlier by the recipient of today’s “Happy Birthday Anniversary Award”…. Today is the 88th anniversary of the birth of Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton, born on December 11, 1926, in Ariton, Alabama. Thornton was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. She was the first to record Leiber and Stollers Hound Dog in 1952, which became her biggest hit. It spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B charts in 1953 and sold almost two million copies. However, her success was overshadowed three years later, when Elvis Presley recorded his more popular rendition of Hound Dog. She died on July 25, 1984. Here is the original “Big Mama” Thornton singing…. “Hound Dog”. Enjoy! https://youtube/watch?v=ZrieOEPJCos
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:39:19 +0000
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