"[253] In 1997 Bob Dylan indicated that Presley's record influenced his decision to get into music: "What got me into the whole thing in the beginning wasn't songwriting. Paul, we will hold your memory close, until we meet again. [309], On September 9, 1952, the copyright application for "Hound Dog" was lodged. [239] Both sides of the record topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts alongside "Don't Be Cruel", while "Hound Dog" on its own merit topped the country & western and rhythm & blues charts and peaked at number two on Billboard's main pop chart, the Top 100. This proved to be Presley's last live performance on American television. "In Memoriam A.H.H." [159] Additionally, they replaced "Snoopin' 'round my door" with "cryin' all the time". "Real Gone Hound Dog" (Combo 25), "an obscure 'answer' record to 'Hound Dog'". I was looking for something closer to that but I couldn't find it, because everything I went for was too coarse and would not have been playable on the air. Her vocals include lines such as: "Aw, listen to that ole hound dog howl … OOOOoooow", "Now wag your tail", and "Aw, get it, get it, get it". This article DOLE asks DBM for addt'l budget for wage subsidy this year was originally published in … [315] By June 1953 in a "precedent-setting" decision the Court ruled against Phillips, and upheld the charges of plagiarism, finding the tune and some of the lyrics of "Bear Cat" to be identical to those of "Hound Dog". As session pianist Emidio "Shorty Long" Vagnoni left to work on a rehearsal for a stage show, Stoker plays piano on this recording of "Hound Dog". Beloved wife for 11 years of Timothy R. Harviten; loving mother... Of Highland Park on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, age 93. [335] On August 26, 1956, Otis signed a release of any claims to the song in exchange for $750. p. 53. It appears they do not think too highly of writing an answer to a hit unless a license is obtained and permission to write a parody is given by the publisher. And she was mean, a 'lady bear,' as they used to call 'em. "[21] In an interview with music writer Ralph J. Gleason, Thornton said: "They were just a couple of kids, and they had this song written on the back of a paper bag." Born on December 13,... Joseph F. Gallo, DMD, of Seven Fields on Monday, March 15, 2021. When 'Hound Dog' came across the radio, there was nothing in my mind that said, 'Wow, what a great song, I wonder who wrote that?' As Otis was still signed exclusively to Federal Records, a subsidiary of Syd Nathan's King Records as "Kansas City Bill"[23] or perhaps with Mercury Records at this time, With great sadness tempered by the joy and thankfulness that we had our dad and grandpa for as long as we did, we announce that he died of natural causes on 23 May 2020, in his 100th year and on the anniversary of our mom's death. The overall effect could not be more different from the amuse, relaxed contempt of Big Mama Thornton; it is reminiscent of nothing so much as late 1970s white punk rage – the Ramones, Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols.[236]. and for the past 30 yrs. Elvis' first live album, Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada is recorded during this engagement and is soon released. In the months after the release of "Hound Dog" and "Bear Cat", a spate of answer records followed: When the dust settled, the publishing for "Hound Dog" (in all variations) remained with Lion, and writing credit with Leiber and Stoller. [346], Despite the Court's findings, Otis continued to claim that he wrote the third verse and rewrote some of the lyrics in the second verse[347][348]—including adding "You made me feel so bad. [96] As a result, Chess Records withdrew Brim's "Rattlesnake" from sale. 'Take Two.' Jonathan Wingate, "On Stage with Elvis" (Interview with Scotty Moore), "Elvis Presleys National TV Appearances In The 1950s: Elvis Articles – 'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club", "RCS Label Shot for RCA Victor (N.J.) 6604", "Elvis Presley – Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog – RCA Victor – USA – 47-6604", "Interview With Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller", "Before Elvis, 'Big Mama' Thornton: 'Hound Dog'". [96][318][324][326] When the dust settled, the publishing for "Hound Dog" (in all variations) remained with Lion, and writing credit with Leiber and Stoller. [8] Brandeis University professor Stephen J. Whitefield, in his 2001 book In Search of American Jewish Culture, regards "Hound Dog" as significant, as it "marked the success of race-mixing in music a year before the desegregation of public schools was mandated"[18] in Brown v. Board of Education. "[250] Oscar Hammerstein II had "a particular loathing of 'Hound Dog'". [184] It was Freddie Bell and the Bellboys' performance of the song (with Bell's amended lyrics) that influenced Presley's decision to perform, and later record and release, his own version: "Elvis's version of 'Hound Dog' (1956) came about, not as an attempt to cover Thornton's record, but as an imitation of a parody of her record performed by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys … The words, the tempo, and the arrangement of Elvis' 'Hound Dog' come not from Thornton's version of the song, but from the Bellboys'. [21] Following on the popularity of Elvis' live and televised performances of "Hound Dog", Elvis Presley Music made the acquisition of half the publishing for the song from Lion Music a precondition to issuing a recording, to which Robey assented. [24][25] Otis used the pseudonym "Kansas City Bill" (after his drummer "Kansas City" Bell) on this record. They sued me in court. I said, 'That's me!' Haley would get mad at me if I'd do that. 2013 was a wonderful year of anniversaries and milestones in British pop culture, but we would be remiss if we didn’t reflect on the passings of some remarkable Brits over the past 12 months. "[7] Using a "black slang expression referring to a man who sought a woman to take care of him",[8] the song's opening line, "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog", was a euphemism, said Leiber[6] The song, a Southern blues lament,[9] is "the tale of a woman throwing a gigolo out of her house and her life":[10], You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door Among those artists who have recorded non-English versions of "Hound Dog" are:[282], After the Presley version of "Hound Dog" became a commercial success, Homer and Jethro parodied it as "Houn' Dawg" (RCA Victor 47-6706; 20-6706),[291][292] including such lines as: "You look like an Airedale, with the air let out". The findings of an independent inquiry into whether Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code has been handed over and will be published on … "[159] As performed by Bell and the Bellboys in their Las Vegas act, "Hound Dog" was a comedy-burlesque song with "show-stopping va-va-voom choreography. ", Moonoogian, George A. In 2003, she edited and published Into All the World: Adventist Hospitals and Dental Clinics Overseas—the story of Seventh-day Adventist health care work around the world. We'd listen to the demo, most of the time, and we'd take it from the demo. [178] Michael Coyle asserts that "Hound Dog", like almost all of Presley's "covers were all of material whose brief moment in the limelight was over, without the songs having become standards. with Kansas City Bill and Orchestra "Hound Dog" / "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (Aust & NZ: 1956; Prestige PSP-1004) Song is credited to Robey-Thornton-Leiber-Stoller. [106][107][108][109], On March 28, Billboard reported that, "In an effort to combat what has become a rampant practice by small labels—the rushing out of answers which are similar in melody and/or theme to ditties which have become smash hits—many pubbers are now retaining attorneys. [5] In an interview in Rolling Stone in April 1990, Stoller said: "She was a wonderful blues singer, with a great moaning style. Note to readers with disabilities. [27][28] In an interview included on the album Leavin' Chicago, Thornton credits Lewis for establishing the feel of her recording. Willie Mae Thornton, in "Heart Attack Claims 'Big Mama' Thornton, 57". "Sure," I said. The magazine was first published in 1953. Jack Turner and His Granger County Gang (Recorded: March 20, 1953; Released: April 4, 1953: RCA Victor 47-5267), Betsy Gay (Recorded: March 18, 1953; Released: April 11, 1953: Intro Records 45-6070) (w/, Eddie Hazlewood (April 11, 1953: Intro Records 45-6069). '"[194], When asked if Bell had any objections to Presley recording his own version, Bell gave Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, a copy of his 1955 Teen Records' recording, hoping that if Presley recorded it, "he might reap some benefit when his own version was released on an album. "You two?" [146] In April 1955,[147] female impersonator Jesse "Big 'Tiny'" Kennedy recorded "Country Boy" accompanied by His Orchestra that was released by RCA's Groove Records (Groove 4G-0106) by May 21. by Ryan Book, "Freddie Bell: Rock'n'roll pioneer who was a primary influence on Elvis", "Elvis Presley: March 25, 1961 – Honolulu, Hawaii. In Memoriam: Robert Blacker. It was his second appearance on Berle's program,[213] and his eighth appearance on national television[214] since his debut on January 28, 1956, on Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey's Stage Show which was then recorded and broadcast from the CBS-TV studio in New York City. Robert Fink, "Elvis Everywhere: Musicology and Popular Music Studies at the Twilight of the Canon", in Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, Ben Saunders, ed., Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture (Duke University Press, 2002) p. 98. "The kids wrote it. [204] Like Bell and the Bellboys, Presley performed the song "as comic relief, basing the lyrics and his 'gyrations' ... on what he had seen in Vegas. 1 June 2020 • In Memoriam . "[178] Presley was aware of and appreciated Big Mama Thornton's original recording of "Hound Dog",[180] and had a copy in his personal record collection. The best version of the year for the holidays: Helping family members with autism have a HAPPY break! Ah, I 'd do that of St.... Age 60, originally of Pgh any claims to affected!... Joseph F. Gallo, DMD, of Pittsburgh, passed away Monday, March 18, 2021 my! The one you should use try to move on ( Big ) Mama 's. 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