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Big Mama Thornton albums featuring Big Walter Horton
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| | Ball N' Chain CD (1968)
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Arhoolie's Ball n' Chain is a terrific collection of late-'60s recordings from Big Mama Thornton. Supported on various tracks by Lightnin' Hopkins and Larry Williams, Big Mama runs through such familiar items as "Hound Dog," "Sometimes I Have a Heartache," ...
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| In Europe CD (1965)
$9.89
This 2005 release of Big Mama Thornton's 1965 studio session in London is a pristine snapshot of the too-often-overlooked blues singer. After her smash hit "Hound Dog" brought her fame in 1953 (Thornton's version predated Elvis Presley's by three years, ...
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 Big Mama Thornton Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Big Mama Thornton songs: Little Red Rooster, Ball and Chain, Rock Me Baby, Hard Times, I Smell a Rat, Let Your Tears Fall Baby. More music songs Nightmare, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Stop a-Hoppin' on Me, They Call Me Big Mama, Walking Blues, Sassy Mama, Cotton Picking Blues. More music songs Gimme a Penny, Good-Bye Baby, Rolling Stone, All Right Baby, Bad Luck Got My Man, Hound Dog Lyrics, How Come Lyrics.
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Big Mama Thornton Biography
A blues shouter in the tradition of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton is best remembered as the first artist to record "Hound Dog." A side-by-side comparison of her version and Elvis's shows just how different a song can be in two great artists' hands: where Presley's version is all frenzy, Thornton's is pure R&B, gritty, haughty, and funky. Although she never matched the success of 1953's "Hound Dog," Thornton remained a popular live performer for the rest of her long career.
Key Personnel
Contemporaries
Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Janis Joplin, Howlin' Wolf, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Johnny Otis, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Big Maybelle, Junior Parker
Followers
Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Rory Block, Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, Shemekia Copeland, Tracy Nelson, Francine Reed
Influences
Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Alberta Hunter, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Sippie Wallace, Junior Parker, Victoria Spivey
More Music Artists
Jane Watts, Elliott Small
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