The first biography of Thornton, Big Mama Thornton: The Life and Music, by Michael Spörke, was published in 2014. [16] In 2022, Thornton was featured as a character in Elvis, a biopic about Elvis Presley. In the movie, Thornton (played by Shonka Dukureh in her only film role, as she died shortly after the film's release) is shown as the ...

2022年6月30日 · Baz Luhrmann ‘s box-office-topping new movie Elvis does manage to show the powerhouse singer Big Mama Thornton (played by Shonka Dukureh) performing “Hound Dog,” a song she recorded in 1952,...

2022年7月1日 · Mike Stoller, one of the original writers of Elvis Presley’s 1956 hit “Hound Dog,” says the song was never stolen from blues singer and songwriter Big Mama Thornton. Stoller, now 89, recounted...

In 2022 Big Mama Thornton was featured as a character in Elvis, a biopic about Elvis Presley. In the movie, Thornton (played by Shonka Dukureh in her only film role, as she died shortly after the film's release) is shown as the original singer of the song "Hound Dog" and appears in the movie singing the song.

2024年12月7日 · Big Mama Thornton was an influential American singer and songwriter whose gritty vocals and instrumental style had tremendous influence on blues, R&B, and rock and roll. Thornton’s work inspired imitation by Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin, who recorded popular cover versions of Thornton’s ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Ball and Chain,’ respectively.

Amazingly it took them just minutes to write “Hound Dog” and the song would not only give Big Mama Thornton a #1 R&B hit but a few years later would become a massive hit for a young, handsome quivering lipped rock and roller: Elvis Presley.

2022年7月1日 · However, rumors have it that Elvis Presley might have "stolen" this song from Big Mama Thorton. It's not true though, Rolling Stone now confirms. The movie did depict Big Mama Thornton...

2022年7月1日 · “Hound Dog” co-writer Mike Stoller has refuted claims that Elvis Presley’s version of the classic rock’n’roll song was stolen from Big Mama Thornton.

2024年4月3日 · In our episode, Brittany and Rob break down the secret history of “Hound Dog”: Big Mama Thornton, Elvis, the whole ongoing Extended “Hound Dog” Universe. Our brilliant Rolling Stone colleague...

On 13 August 1952, Willie Mae Thornton, now better known as Big Mama Thornton, recorded, with Johnny Otis and his orchestra a song that would become her signature forever: “Hound Dog.”