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Eric Weisbard

Hound Dog

Eric Weisbard

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Duke University Press
24 November 2023
Blues; Rock & Pop music
Series: Singles
"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."
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Imprint:   Duke University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 178mm,  Width: 178mm, 
Weight:   249g
ISBN:   9781478025085
ISBN 10:   1478025085
Series:   Singles
Pages:   152
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Intro  1 1. “Doggie in the Window” and the 1950s Pop Single  13 2. Dog Ditties  27 3. “Hound Dog,” Take One: Big Mama Thornton  35 4. Elvis Presley Belatedly Records “Hound Dog”  51 5. “Hound Dog” as Influence  65 6. Interpreting “Hound Dog”  81 7. The Whiteness of the Wail  93 Outro  113 Acknowledgments  117 Notes  119 Bibliography  129 Index  139

Eric Weisbard is Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama and author of Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music, also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews for Hound Dog

“Eric Weisbard has long been one of my favorite music historians and writers. His professorial love for both the high and lowbrow and its relevance to the trends and movements that followed; that mixed with his punchy minimalistic voice makes a great combination.” -- Patterson Hood, performer, writer, and Drive-By Truckers cofounder


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