Hound Dog

A Song by BigMama Thornton and Interpreted by Elvis Presley and Others

Eric Weisbard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

152 Seiten

2023
Duke University Press (Verlag)
9781478020103 (ISBN)

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Many listeners first heard "Hound Dog" when Elvis Presley's single topped the pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. But some fans already knew the song from Big Mama Thornton's earlier recording, a giant but exclusively R&B hit. In Hound Dog Eric Weisbard examines the racial, commercial, and cultural ramifications of Elvis's appropriation of a Black woman's anthem. He rethinks the history and influences of rock music in light of Rolling Stone's replacement of Presley's "Hound Dog" with Thornton's version in its 2021 "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. Taking readers from Presley and Thornton to Patti Page's "Doggie in the Window," the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog," and other dog ditties, Weisbard uses "Hound Dog" to reflect on one of rock's fundamental dilemmas: the whiteness of the wail.

Eric Weisbard is Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama and author of Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music, also published by Duke University Press.

Intro 1
1. “Doggie in the Window” and the 1950s Pop Single 13
2. Dog Ditties 27
3. “Hound Dog,” Take One: Big Mama Thornton 35
4. Elvis Presley Belatedly Records “Hound Dog” 51
5. “Hound Dog” as Influence 65
6. Interpreting “Hound Dog” 81
7. The Whiteness of the Wail 93
Outro 113
Acknowledgments 117
Notes 119
Bibliography 129
Index 139

Erscheinungsdatum	20.09.2023
Reihe/Serie	Singles
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
ISBN-13	9781478020103 / 9781478020103
Zustand	Neuware