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It was covered by Big Mama Thorton 1st. In Her version , it was a much slowed down & bluesy. Elvis took a pretty big number of songs like this & turned them into Rock & Roll songs. Like "When my blue moon turns to gold" and others.

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What was Elvis Presley's hound dog's name?

not written by elvis...he was not a songwriter, only a recording artist.


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The song "Hound Dog" was written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller and was originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. However, the best known remake was done by Elvis Presley in 1956. Elvis Presley's version is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Although, Elvis Presley's version of "Hound Dog" is not blues one of the other many versions is blues. " Hound Dog" is the biggest selling blues song of all time.


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Elvis recorded Hound Dog at RCA Studio 1, New York on July 2, 1956.


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