Big Mama Thornton - The Story Of My Blues: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1951-1961 (CD)

Details: Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton was the first artist to record the then little known song written by two Los Angeles based teenagers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Hound Dog". The song was the only chart record "Big Mama" enjoyed and of course it went on to be recorded by a young lad called Elvis Presley who took the track to No. 1 on the pop charts for 11 weeks. This is the first collection to feature the A & B sides of all her released singles between 1951 and 1961. 28 excellent R&B tracks and another superb addition to Jasmine's ever growing blues and R&B catalogue.

Tracklist:

1. Partnership Blues
2. I'm All Fed Up
3. No Jody for Me
4. Let Your Tears Fall Baby
5. Mischievous Boogie
6. Every Time I Think of You
7. Hound Dog
8. Night Mare
9. Cotton Picking Blues
10. They Call Me Big Mama
11. I Ain't No Fool Either
12. The Big Change
13. I've Searched the Whole World Over
14. I Smell a Rat
15. Stop a Hoppin' on Me
16. Story of My Blues
17. Walking Blues
18. Rock a Bye Baby
19. The Fish
20. Laugh Laugh Laugh
21. Tarzan and the Dignified Monkey
22. How Come
23. Just Like a Dog (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)
24. My Man Called Me
25. You Did Me Wrong
26. Big Mama's Blues
27. Don't Talk Back
28. Big Mama's Coming Home