James W. H. Smith was an M. D. (or possibly a Ph.D). A professor at Oklahoma who wrote on Locoweed. No other information found. The subject would have interested Katie Lee.

I thumbed through Katie Lee's book "Ten Thousand....," but found no Hound Dog (or Baying at the Moon). Took all morning, there are so many western songs in that book that one can get lost in nostalgia, if one is inclined that way. A great book, but no help here.

I wonder if there is a note of some sort in the Sing Out Magazine, vol. 9 no. 4, p. 8, where the song was reproduced.