Hound Dog

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rock and roll song song

"Hound Dog" is a landmark 1956 rock and roll song, most famously performed by Elvis Presley, that became one of his signature hits and a defining record of early rock music.

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Label Occurrences
Hound Dog canonical 17
"Hound Dog" 2
Elvis Presley song "Hound Dog" 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Elvis Presley’s Las Vegas-style stage persona ⓘ
early rock and roll era ⓘ
BigMamaThorntonLabel Peacock Records ⓘ
BigMamaThorntonProducer Johnny Otis ⓘ
BigMamaThorntonVersionRecordedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
chartSuccess major commercial hit for Elvis Presley ⓘ
composer Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ⓘ
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy many artists ⓘ
culturalImpact helped popularize rock and roll worldwide ⓘ
ElvisPresleyLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
ElvisPresleyProducer Steve Sholes ⓘ
ElvisPresleyRecordingReleaseYear 1956 ⓘ
ElvisPresleySingleA-SideWith Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Be Cruel
ElvisPresleyVersionBackedBy bassist Bill Black ⓘ
drummer D.J. Fontana ⓘ
his band with guitarist Scotty Moore ⓘ
ElvisPresleyVersionRecordedIn RCA Victor Studio, New York City ⓘ
surface form: RCA Studio, New York City
era 1950s popular music ⓘ
form 12-bar blues-based structure ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
hasFamousPerformance Elvis Presley’s 1956 TV appearances ⓘ
hasIconicLyric You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog ⓘ
influencedGenre rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ⓘ
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller ⓘ
mostFamousPerformer Elvis Presley ⓘ
notableFor being a defining record of early rock and roll ⓘ
being one of Elvis Presley’s signature hits ⓘ
influencing rock and roll music ⓘ
originalArtist Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
originalPerformer Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1952 ⓘ
performanceStyle energetic vocal delivery ⓘ
rhythm-and-blues-influenced rock and roll ⓘ
rankedOn lists of greatest rock and roll songs ⓘ
recordedBy Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Freddie Bell and the Bellboys ⓘ
signatureSongOf Elvis Presley ⓘ
subjectMatter confronting an unfaithful or unreliable lover ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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Elvis Presley → notableWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → notableWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
Hound Dog II airplane → namedAfter → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Hound Dog II
this entity surface form: "Hound Dog"
Hound Dog II airplane → namedAfter → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Hound Dog II
this entity surface form: Elvis Presley song "Hound Dog"
Love Me Tender → precededBySingle → Hound Dog ⓘ
1968 Comeback Special → includesSong → Hound Dog ⓘ
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite concert → setListIncludes → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
Don't Be Cruel (song) → bSideOf → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
Don't Be Cruel (song) → doubleASideWith → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
The King → notableWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvis Presley
Journeyman → includesTrack → Hound Dog ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll → includesWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Hound Dog"
Matriarch of the Blues → hasTrack → Hound Dog ⓘ
Covers → hasTrack → Hound Dog ⓘ
Mike Stoller → notableWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
Smokey Joe's Cafe → featuresWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → notableWork → Hound Dog ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → recorded → Hound Dog ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → firstRecordingOf → Hound Dog ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → performerOf → Hound Dog ⓘ
Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller → hasPart → Hound Dog ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Hound Dog”