Leiber said his attitude toward the cover changed over time. “I didn’t particularly like Elvis’ version of ‘Hound Dog’ at the time, but as time passed I grew very fond of it,” he said.

Before Elvis Presley recorded "Hound Dog," it was made famous by Big Mama Thornton, who refused to let the world forget it.

Notably, Stoller told Elvis Australia that he wasn’t a fan of Elvis’ “Hound Dog.” He thought it was too stiff and the vocals sounded nervous. However, he grew more fond of the cover once ...

Doja Cat's "Vegas" samples "Hound Dog." The soundtrack features Butler's renditions of Elvis songs, along with covers by Chris Isaak, Eminem & Ceelo Green, Jack White, Kacey Musgraves and more.

One of such — Willie Mae Thornton, better known as Big Mama Thornton — debuted her R&B anthem “Hound Dog” in 1953, three years before Elvis Presley released his hit cover.

But if you’re hearing a lot more “Hound Dog” these days, you might look to Doja Cat’s hit song “Vegas,” which updates — and interpolates — one of Elvis’s signature songs for ...

The “Hound Dog” vocal and the “Vegas” song, which itself samples Dukureh’s “Hound Dog” cover, essentially overlap, and the cue sheet declares a minute and 20 seconds of “Vegas ...

Doja Cat is taking Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” back to its original blues roots: Big Mama Thornton. On Thursday, the singer released “Vegas,” her track from the upcoming Elvis biopic set ...

‘Hound Dog’ songwriter is guest of honor at Elvis Festival in Garden Grove. By Lori Basheda. Oct. 7, 2021 1:40 PM PT 1:40 PM PT ...

She had been planning to release a studio album, ... An earlier version of this obituary misstated the year Elvis Presley’s version of “Hound Dog” was released. It was 1956, not 1953.