Hound Dog
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478025085ISBN-10:1478025085UPC:9781478025085Book Category:Music, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Blues, Rock, AmericanSize:7.00 x 7.00 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCQ5QT4KGA
Hound Dog
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...
Series: Singles
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478025085ISBN-10:1478025085UPC:9781478025085Book Category:Music, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Blues, Rock, AmericanSize:7.00 x 7.00 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCQ5QT4KGA
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.
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