2:35Big Mama Thornton - 'Hound Dog' live [Colourised] 1965
Johnny Otis, Memphis Minnie, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Ace, Songwriter, Junior Parker
Rare tour footage of Big Mama Thornton, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Tour footage captures the rhythm of life on the road — the shows, the travel, the downtime, the rituals, and the relationships that form when musicians spend months together in close quarters. These clips document a way of life that has changed dramatically across the decades.
Born 11th December 1926, Ariton, Alabama, USA Died 25th July 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA Thornton was the first artist to record "Hound Dog" (Peacock 1612), with which she had a Number 1 hit in the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 selling two million copies,. Later the same year she released "They Call Me Big Mama" (Peacock 1621). This release helped immortalize her nickname in the world of fu...
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