Big Mama Thornton was a big name in R&B. She's one of the many Black musicians we credit for what we today call rock & roll. 'Elvis' reminds viewers of Big Mama Thornton's blues hits, including the ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Elvis made it famous, but he was not the first to record the iconic song “Hound Dog.” In fact, only a chance encounter here in Las Vegas led him to make the record in the first ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The day “Hound Dog” really began to climb the charts, its co-writer Mike Stoller was aboard a foundering ocean ...

Music historian Wynne (Something in the Water) scrupulously documents how Elvis’s 1956 hit song “Hound Dog” helped catapult rock ’n’ roll “into the American cultural mainstream.” Written for and ...

Elvis Presley‘s “Hound Dog” might sound a little juvenile today but it was a game-changer in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The tune was written for another singer, and a writer of the track preferred ...

One of the writers of Elvis Presley‘s “Hound Dog” survived an infamous shipwreck. This led to one of the most famous comments ever made about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Afterward, one performance of ...

Dr. Ben Wynne, a professor of history UNG, has published a book about the story behind Elvis Presley's iconic hit 'Hound Dog.' Article By: Clark Leonard Dr. Ben Wynne, a professor of history at the ...

Nearly 30 years after his death, Liberace’s mark on the Las Vegas Strip continues to shine through a collection of instruments, costumes and artifacts that made him an icon. Jan. 5 marks the ...