However, Mercury did not release this new version until after the success of Presley's version. These verbal interjections, sometimes called "blues talk," are common in blues music. 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). But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Then Elvis Presley made it a mega hit, and they got greedy. [10] In 1997, he performed "Big Love" in the same style on Fleetwood Mac's live album The Dance. [18] Leiber regarded the original recording by the 350-pound "blues belter" Big Mama Thornton as his favorite version,[16][19] while Stoller said, "If I had to name my favorite recordings, I'd say they are Big Mama Thornton's 'Hound Dog' and Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is?'"[20]. Thornton maintains a confident attitude, bringing the blues tradition of outspoken women into the R&B context and helping to set the style for rock and roll by putting sexuality and play with gender expectations in the foreground. According to Guinness World Records 1998, “Happy Birthday to You” is the best known song in English, followed by “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”. [321][335] As the evidence would not sustain Valjo's contention that Otis had collaborated in the writing of "Hound Dog",[336] the Court voided Leiber and Stoller's contract,[19] ordered Otis to pay the legal costs of the defendants,[337] and awarded 46.25% of the song to Leiber and Stoller, with Lion Music receiving 28.75% and Elvis Presley Music receiving the final 25%. Leiber and Stoller along with Johnny Otis, also wrote a different version to the "Hound Dog" song structure on behalf of Big Mama Thornton, recorded with an alternative lyric entitled "Tom Cat". The Blue Moon Boys: The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. [305] Two pages later, Intro Records touted the version by Tommy Duncan and the Miller Bros. as "Best of them all!!!"[306]. I think it was printed somewhere that we did it about forty or sixty … I don't know, give or take. Copyright Office. He expressed some disappointment in the success of the cover: "It just sounded terribly nervous, too fast, too white. He had a cigarette in his mouth that was burning his left eye, and he started to play the song."[17]. [174][158] Presley and his band attended a performance and loved their burlesque reworking of "Hound Dog". It might not even be a Memphis Recording Service demo. [40], In late February 1953, "Hound Dog" was released by Peacock (Peacock 1612),[5][35] with the song credited erroneously on the label to Leiber-Stroller [sic]-Otis. "The kids wrote it. "[45] The song was named as the Best Rhythm and Blues song of 1953 by Cash Box magazine,[5] and was ranked number three on Billboard's Best Selling Rhythm & Blues Chart for 1953. [36], 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. [44] The success of "Hound Dog" secured Peacock Record's place as a major independent label. [226] Gordon Stoker, First Tenor of the Jordanaires, who were chosen to provide backup vocals, recalls: "They had demos on almost everything that Elvis recorded, and we'd take it from the demo. When Juice Head first appeared on a Redita Records LP [in 1974], it was credited to Rosco Gordon. "[5][6] In 1999, Leiber said, "I was trying to get something like the Furry Lewis phrase 'Dirty Mother Furya'. Société Mankeur Ndiaye RCA : la plateforme Galaxy exige l’expulsion de Mankeur Ndiaye de la Minusca et la suspension de la station RFI Beginners Pack 4 Courses. Even Rosco confirmed that. And how to do it telling a story? See Austen, Jake, TV-A-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol (2005), p. 13. Thornton recorded two takes of the song, and the second take was released. Fontana : Elvis Articles:'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club", "Culture Shock: Flashpoints: Music and Dance: Elvis Presley", "Guillermo F. 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Robey then instructed his company lawyer Irving Marcus to sue Phillips and Sun Records,[309][314] hoping to use this as a test case to determine the legal status of all answer songs. Just substitute the words "Hound Dog" for "Juice Head" and what have you got? Copyright Claimant: Murphy L. Robey (W) & Willie Mae Thornton (A). Buckingham continues to perform the song on solo tours as well as Fleetwood Mac tours. Vocalist Charlie Gore and guitarist Louis Innis recorded "(You Ain't Nothin' But A Female) Hound Dog" (King 45–1212) for King Records on March 22. (1988) "Musical Acculturation: 'Hound Dog' From Blues to Swedish Rock'n'Roll. The Raging Storms "Hound Dog [Twist]" (Fred Kelly) December 1961: El Vez and The Memphis Mariachis (as "(You Ain't Nothin' But A) Chihuahua") (1991). It was his first appearance in Las Vegas. [19] Similarly, Thornton stated: "That song sold over two million records. So when we get to the theater they was blasting it. "Recording Companies In Law Suit Over 'Hound Dog'". And once he recorded it, it was his version which he chose to deliver, although by the end of 1956, he'd added inflections from the Thornton version as well. "Hound Dog" has been at the center of controversies and several lawsuits, including disputes over authorship, royalties, and copyright infringement by the many answer songs released by such artists as Rufus Thomas and Roy Brown. [12] However, as Phillips claimed a writing credit for the song,[105] a copyright-infringement suit ensued that nearly bankrupted Phillips' record label. After Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 (shortly after Tango in the Night was released), the band did not perform "Big Love" live until his return in 1997. Your song. [307] 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". In Australia and New Zealand, Prestige Records (founded in Auckland by 17 year-old Phil Warren and Bruce Henderson)[59] released the same record on licence in 1956 (Prestige PSP-1004), but the composition is credited to Robey-Thornton-Leiber-Stoller. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 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I could have sent my kids to college, like they sent theirs," Otis said. "Big Love" became a standard of the Balearic beat dance sound,[5][6] and the object of an extended remix by the DJ Arthur Baker. he asked. This beautiful song book for piano & voice "Esther, For Such a Time as This", available as a digital download, tells the riveting story of the time when Jews in ancient Persia faced a foe named Haman, and how a brave young queen risked her life to save her people. 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". [236] 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. "[329][330] Further, while Leiber and Stoller acknowledged that they had given Otis one-third of the mechanical rights for the original Thornton recording, they denied giving him one-third authorship credit. 19 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the highest ranked of Presley's eleven entries. Though he usually slowed it down and treated it like a blues number in concert, in the studio Elvis wanted the song to come off as fast and dynamic. [11] For example, Leiber complained about Presley adding the line, "You ain't never caught a rabbit, and you ain't no friend of mine", calling it "inane…It doesn't mean anything to me. "'Hound Dog' Owners Win $2,080 in Recording Suit". [248] It stayed in the number one spot until it was replaced by "Love Me Tender", also recorded by Elvis. 97–98. Beamed via Globecam Satellite to Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Vietnam and other countries, it was also seen on a delayed basis in around thirty European countries. I got one check for $500 and never saw another. [102] Despite his reluctance to record the song and his reservations about the band assembled by Phillips, Thomas "threw himself into the song with the same brash charm that he brought to all his performances, complete with yowls, growls, and fervent imprecations". [196] 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. "Rattlesnake" recorded by blues guitarist. 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.[233]. In fact, I encouraged him to record it. "[31] Thornton interacts constantly in a call and response fashion during a one-minute long guitar "solo" by Lewis. It reached number 18 on the Kent Music Report[275] and appeared at number 21 on the Go-Set year-end chart.[276]. But it was as much her appearance as her blues style that influenced the writing of 'Hound Dog' and the idea that we wanted her to growl it. [274] Among the notable artists who have covered Presley's version of "Hound Dog" are: Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps; Jerry Lee Lewis; Chubby Checker; Pat Boone; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Betty Everett; Little Richard; The Surfaris; the Everly Brothers; Junior Wells; the Mothers of Invention; The Easybeats; Jimi Hendrix; Vanilla Fudge; Van Morrison; Conway Twitty; John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band; John Entwistle; Carl Perkins; Eric Clapton; James Taylor; and (in 1993) Tiny Tim (in his full baritone voice). [100][101] The record's spare electric guitar work by Memphis bluesman Joe Hill Louis was greatly influenced by that of Pete Lewis on the original. [273] In July 2013 the official Leiber & Stoller website listed 266 different versions of "Hound Dog", but acknowledged that its list is incomplete. This proved to be Presley's last live performance on American television. Just weeks after they had seen Bell and the Bellboys perform, "Hound Dog" became Elvis and Scotty and Bill's closing number for the first time on May 15, 1956, at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis,[190] during the Memphis Cotton Festival before an audience of 7,000. Said Stoller: We were worried because the drummer wasn't getting the feel that Johnny had created in rehearsal. Michael Coyle, "Hijacked Hits and Antic Authenticity", in Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, Ben Saunders, ed.. David Edwards, Randy Watts, Mike Callahan, and Patrice Eyries. [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. "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. "[91], Presley's final performance on stage for almost 8 years was a benefit concert for the USS Arizona Memorial on Sunday, March 25, 1961, at the Bloch Arena in Pearl Harbor. [324] The contract assigned the publishing for "Hound Dog" to Lion. [300], Over the years "Hound Dog" "has been the subject of an inordinate number of lawsuits",[97] and "would eventually become one of the most litigated songs in recorded music history". [214], Unfortunately for Presley, the mainstream public did not find the sexually-charged performance amusing, and controversy erupted. That's not a complicated piece of work. In April, 1954, Billboard's Rolontz summed up the events thusly: "The year 1953 saw an important precedent set in regard to answer tunes … since the 'Hound Dog' decision, few record firms have attempted to 'answer' smash hits by other companies by using same tune with different lyrics. [100][101] According to Phillips' biographer Peter Guralnick: Looking for a suitable man to record this song, Phillips selected part-time local WDIA disk jockey Rufus Thomas, who adopted the nickname, "Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas" for this recording. Then the camera slowly pans back and continues to pan back nonstop throughout the video as Buckingham sings with the band featured playing instruments in various settings while Nicks dances around wearing different outfits during the video. "[42], On March 7, 1953, "Hound Dog" was advertised in Billboard, and reviewed positively on March 14, 1953, as a new record to watch, described as "a wild and exciting rhumba blues" with "infectious backing that rocks all the way". "[72], Within a month of the release of Thornton's "Hound Dog", the following six country cover versions of the song—all credited erroneously to Leiber-Stoller (or Stroller [sic])-Otis—were released on several different labels by white artists:[13], On February 24, 1954, The Cozy Cole All Stars recorded an instrumental version, "Hound Dog Special" (MGM 11794), a "spend off [sic] of Willie Mae Thornton's" version.[93]. It was his second appearance on Berle's program. 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"[96], While "the result was peppier than Big Mama's version, with a more straight-ahead beat ... [Phillips] was under no illusions about surpassing the original": "Hell, we didn't come close to being as good as Big Mama. It simply is not him. [322] However, on March 26, 1953, it was credited to Leiber, Stoller, and Otis; and Valjo Music—not Spin—was the registered publisher.[323]. But if someone was counting it off, just a couple notes and we stop, that's a take. "[256] "Never one to take himself too seriously, Elvis joked with the crowd about the old days and the old songs. [222][223] In the third and final appearance on January 6, 1957, Presley performed seven songs, including "Hound Dog". "[44] "Hound Dog" takes off immediately and looks like a national hit record. [97] It became both Thomas' and Sun Records' first hit,[104] More than 5,000 copies were ordered in the first days by distributors, and by mid-April it had charted nationally, eventually reaching number three on the R&B charts. Initially released in France in late 1956 on an EP Rock 'n' Roll (Barclay 14159), it was released subsequently in 1957 in Australia (July 1957: Mercury Records 45152), Sweden (Rock'n'Roll Vol. [328] This made no sense to the United States Southern District of Court of New York: "Otis was a man who had many years experience in the music business. "[195], Larry Birnbaum described Elvis Presley's rendition of "Hound Dog" as "an emblem of the rock 'n' roll revolution". "[97][141], Two records were released that were neither cover versions of nor answers to Thornton's release, yet used a similar melody without any attribution to Leiber and Stoller. "You two?" The first was Smiley Lewis's "Play Girl", credited to D. Bartholomew[142] and released by the Imperial Records label (Imperial 45–5234) by the end of March 1953. Presley performed "Hound Dog" in his historic Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite concert that was the "first entertainment special to be broadcast live around the world," on January 14, 1973. In 1999 David Grisman, John Hartford, and Mike Seeger included "Hound Dawg" on their 1999 album Retrograss, which was nominated for a Grammy in the Traditional Folk Album category in 2000. There are none of the honking saxophone solos or pounding piano flourishes that marked the R&B sound. [312] On June 4, 1953, Jet reported that: On July 8 Robey wrote to Phillips again, thanking him "kindly for your co-operation in this matter",[97] but Phillips still refused to purchase a mechanical license for Thomas' "Bear Cat". 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) pp. Sheet music arranged for Big Note, and Easy Piano in C Major (transposable). Despite its popularity in his live shows, Presley had not planned nor prepared to record "Hound Dog", but agreed to do so at the insistence of RCA's assigned producer Stephen H. Sholes, who argued that "'Hound Dog' was so identified with Elvis that fans would demand a record of the concert standard. He must have realized that even though Leiber and Stoller were infants they could not disaffirm his co-authorship of a song, if in fact he had been a co-author. [327] On August 26, 1956, Otis signed a release of any claims to the song in exchange for $750. [287] In January 1957, Jewish American satirist Mickey Katz released a Yinglish novelty song version, "You're a Doity Dog" (Capitol F3607), singing with a Yiddish accent, and having a klezmer break between verses. Lalo "Pancho Lopez" Guerrero, the father of Chicano music,[286] released a parody version in 1956 entitled "Pound Dog" (L&M LM1002) about a chihuahua. Ace Collins, Untold Gold: The Stories Behind Elvis's #1 Hits (Chicago Review Press, 2005) p. 28. "[187] Presley modelled his performance, particularly his hip gyrations, on the Bellboys version, which was a Las Vegas-style comic burlesque.[188][189]. 9. [239] In October 1956 Melody Maker critic Steve Race reacted negatively to Presley's rendition of "Hound Dog", saying that "for sheer repulsiveness coupled with the monotony of incoherence, Hound Dog hit a new low in my experience. The performance started in an upbeat tempo in the style of the Bellboys, but dropped to a half tempo for the dramatic finish. Quit snoopin' 'round my door [217][218] Presley performed in a tuxedo while singing an abbreviated version of "Hound Dog" to an actual top hat-wearing Basset Hound. "Elvis as Anthology", in Vernon Chadwick, ed.. St. Pierre, Roger. … It was just … it was just there. On Dec 21, 2012, the day that many thought the Mayans had predicted the world would end, a Calgary radio station played the song 156 times in a row to celebrate the end.. So I stood there while he was playing it, listening to it. Everybody livin' in a house but me. [161][162][163][164], In early 1955 this version of "Hound Dog" became the first record released on Teen Records (TEEN 101),[165] "a subsidiary of the equally obscure Sound Records",[166] that was owned by Lowe; jazz impresario Nat Segal, who owned Downbeat, the first integrated nightclub in Philadelphia;[167] and partially by American Bandstand's creator and first host Bob Horn.
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