Big Mama Thornton

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blues singer human recording artist songwriter

Big Mama Thornton was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for her powerful vocals and for first recording the classic song "Hound Dog."

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Label Occurrences
Big Mama Thornton canonical 9

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blues singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Arhoolie Records ⓘ
Janis Joplin ⓘ
Johnny Otis ⓘ
Peacock Records ⓘ
birthName Willie Mae Thornton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Thornton ⓘ
fieldOfWork blues music ⓘ
music ⓘ
rhythm and blues music ⓘ
firstRecordingOf Hound Dog ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Willie Mae ⓘ
hasQuality powerful stage presence ⓘ
raspy voice ⓘ
influenced Janis Joplin ⓘ
rhythm and blues music ⓘ
rock and roll music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postwar blues ⓘ
name Big Mama Thornton self-link ⓘ
notableFor blues shouting style ⓘ
early recording of Hound Dog ⓘ
powerful vocals ⓘ
notableWork Ball and Chain ⓘ
Hound Dog ⓘ
I Smell a Rat ⓘ
They Call Me Big Mama ⓘ
occupation drummer ⓘ
harmonica player ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf American blues tradition ⓘ
West Coast blues ⓘ
surface form: West Coast blues scene
performerOf Ball and Chain ⓘ
Hound Dog ⓘ
I Smell a Rat ⓘ
They Call Me Big Mama ⓘ
recorded Hound Dog ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → wroteSongFor → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Janis Joplin → influencedBy → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Hound Dog → originalPerformer → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Hound Dog → originalArtist → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Hound Dog → recordedBy → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Memphis Minnie → influenced → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Mike Stoller → collaboratedWith → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → name → Big Mama Thornton self-link ⓘ
Little Red Rooster → recordedBy → Big Mama Thornton ⓘ