Hound Dog

Auteur

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.

Texte du rabat

Eric Weisbard uses Elvis Presley’s 1956 recording of Big Mama Thornton’s song “Hound Dog” to reflect on the history of rock music, race, commodification, and popular culture.

Contenu

Intro 1

1. “Doggie in the Window” and the 1950s Pop Single 13
2. Dog Ditties 27
3. “Hound Dog,” Take One: Big Mama Thornton 35
4. Elvis Presley Belatedly Records “Hound Dog” 51
5. “Hound Dog” as Influence 65
6. Interpreting “Hound Dog” 81
7. The Whiteness of the Wail 93
   Outro 113
   Acknowledgments 117
   Notes 119
   Bibliography 129
   Index 139