Hound Dog (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Singles
Release date:	September 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Eric Weisbard
Dimensions:	178 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-1-4780-2508-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Music > General
LSN:	1-4780-2508-5
Barcode:	9781478025085

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