191 - Hound Dog: The Song that Changed Popular Music and America w/ Ben Wynne

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Dr. Ben Wynne, Ph.D. (Univ. of N. Georgia) is our guest this week to talk about his latest book, "A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis and the Song that Changed Everything" (Louisiana State Univ. Press 2024). This is a fascinating interview about a song that was a major rhythm & blues hit for Big Mama Thornton and a ground-breaking success for Elvis Presley a few years later. Through his research, Wynne is able to explain how this song through is many incarnations and having spurred two major lawsuits defined and re-defined the culture and business of popular music in the years that followed and to this day. This book is highly recommended!
Errata: Craig got the title wrong both times ... it's "A Hound Dog Tale...," not "Hound Dog...."
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章节

1. Introducing Dr. Ben Wynne and "A Hound Dog Tale" (00:00:00)

2. Leiber & Stoller write "Hound Dog" for Big Mama Thornton (00:02:33)

3. Segregated record business vs integrated radio airwaves (00:07:30)

4. Everyone wants in on the Big Mama's "Hound Dog" hit. (00:16:29)

5. Elvis introduces Freddy Bell's version of "Hound Dog" into his live act (00:20:07)

6. Hound Dog and the aftermath (00:31:32)

7. The man who punched Jefferson Davis (00:39:45)

8. Conclusion (00:44:27)