I remember the moment I got interested in music. I was 10 years old, sitting in a friend’s attic in our eastside Dayton ...

When he was just a young boy, his mother started buying records, and two in particular stood out: Elvis Presley’s 'Hound Dog' and Bill Haley’s 'ABC Boogie'. “I obviously took great interest ...

His teenage brother played a 45 rpm single of Elvis Presley singing “(You Ain’t Nothin’ But a) Hound Dog” on a portable record player, and I was hooked. I felt guilty at the time ...

Black Ensemble Theater founder Jackie Taylor gets personal about her own family in Elvis Presley Was a Black Man Named Joe.

1953: Big Mama Thornton releases her hit record, "Hound Dog." The blues song ... released by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. Soon after, Elvis Presley will rework the Bell cover, and his version ...

1951: Esther Phillips, as Little Esther, records a string of songs, including "The Deacon Moves In" with the Dominoes. In 2023, she will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. 1953: Big Mama ...

1953: Big Mama Thornton releases her hit record, "Hound Dog." The blues song, rife with tongue-in-cheek ... a version with sanitized lyrics is released by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. Soon after, ...

A full three years before Elvis Presley made his delirium-inducing performance of “Hound Dog” on TV ... the way for her signing to Imperial Records. Although she only recorded three singles ...