“[Big Mama Thornton] was a wonderful blues singer, with a great moaning style. But it was as much her appearance, as her blues style that influenced the writing of ‘Hound Dog’ and the idea that we wanted her to growl it.” – Mike Stoller, on writing Hound Dog Taylor for Big Mama Thornton

Otis Blackwell, the man who wrote several smash hits for Elvis, including “All Shook Up”, “Don’t Be Cruel”, “Return to Sender” and others, never met the King of Rock n roll in person.

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