Hound Dog
The Peacock Recordings
Universal City, CA : MCA, 1́992.
Format: Music CD
Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Let's face it, Big Mama Thornton will always be chiefly recalled for her growling 1952 reading of the Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller classic "Hound Dog." But the other 17 sides on this collection of her 1952-1957 output for Don Robey's Peacock Records aren't exactly makeweight. Thornton's mighty roar was backed by the jumping combos of Johnny Otis and saxist Bill Harvey, producing additional gems in "My Man Called Me," "They Call Me Big Mama," "The Fish," and a duet with the ill-fated Johnny Ace, "Yes Baby." ~ Bill Dahl
Other Authors:
Ace, Johnny, 1929-1954.
Caple, Gil.
Jenkins, Freddy, 1906-1978.
Leiber, Jerry.
Malone, Deadric.
Otis, Phyllis.
Rae, Verna.
Robey, Don D., 1903-1975.
Robinson, Roscoe.
Scott, Joseph.
Stoller, Mike.
Peacock Records, Inc.
MCA Records, Inc.
Ace, Johnny, 1929-1954.
Caple, Gil.
Jenkins, Freddy, 1906-1978.
Leiber, Jerry.
Malone, Deadric.
Otis, Phyllis.
Rae, Verna.
Robey, Don D., 1903-1975.
Robinson, Roscoe.
Scott, Joseph.
Stoller, Mike.
Peacock Records, Inc.
MCA Records, Inc.
Contents:
Hound dog / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:51) -- My man called me / Don Robey, Joseph Scott (2:40) -- I smell a rat / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (1:45) -- They call me Big Mama / Don Robey, Willie Mae Thornton (2:04) -- You don't move me no more / Roscoe Robinson (2:43) -- Let your tears fall baby / Don Robey, Willie Mae Thornton (2:46) -- Rock-a-bye baby / Deadric Malone, Verna Rae, Gil Caple (2:38) -- Yes, baby / Don Robey (2:52) -- How come / Don Robey (2:34) -- Nightmare / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:53) -- Stop a-hoppin' on me / Freddie Jenkins (2:28) -- Just like a dog, barking up the wrong tree / Don Robey, Joseph Scott (2:49) -- Walking blues / Don Robey, Willie Mae Thornton (3:01) -- Big change / Willie Mae Thornton (2:45) -- Hard times / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:13) -- Laugh, laugh, laugh / Don Robey (2:44) -- The fish (2:42) -- I've searched the whole world over / Phyllis Otis (2:38).
UPC: 008811066826
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD POPULAR Blues Tho | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Music CD | In |
Program notes by Mary Katherine Aldin (11 pages : ill.) inserted in container.
Compact disc.
Sound recording.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, vocals ; with acc.
Recorded in Los Angeles in 1952 and 1953 and in Houston in 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957.
Compact disc.
Sound recording.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, vocals ; with acc.
Recorded in Los Angeles in 1952 and 1953 and in Houston in 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957.