Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is still one of the King of Rock 'n' Roll's biggest songs. ... laughing a little to show me it was all a big joke.” Sadly, Elvis died at age 42 in 1977.

The original version of Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was about a freeloader. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller co-wrote “Hound Dog,” which was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton.

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

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 ...

Here’s an odd one: Sony Pictures has teamed up with Priscilla Presley and John Eddie for Agent King, an adult animated comedy where Elvis is both Elvis and a superspy with a jetpack. We have no ...

Elvis Presley's tops songs include "Hound Dog" and "Suspicious Minds." Here's a list of his 37 biggest hits.

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 ...

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 ...

Former Elvis Presley impersonating waiter adopts a dog named Elvis — and, no, he ain’t nothin’ like a hound dog Elvis, a 3-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier mix, was the only pet left after ...

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 ...

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.