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How Big Mama Thornton's 'Hound Dog' built the bridge to rock and roll through Houston record label
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton outperformed the men of her day on stage, her larger-than-life personality and stature (she stood nearly 6-feet tall), commanding, or perhaps demanding, the ...
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Big Mama Thornton: Alabama Kid (Preview)
A documentary premiering this winter featuring legendary blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton One of the greatest blues singers of all time, Alabama-born Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton ...
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Big Mama Thornton’s Ball and Chain
Today she considers Big Mama Thornton. Show more Big Mama Thornton was a gender-fluid, masculine-presenting blues woman who first recorded Hound Dog (later recorded by Elvis Presley) and wrote the ...