The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21389 Message #228637
Posted By: Brian Hoskin
16-May-00 - 08:03 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hound Dog?
Subject: RE: Query: Hound Dog?
Yes, Leiber and Stoller definitely wrote Hound Dog, and Thorton's recording of this provided them with their first major hit, in 1952. I'm also pretty sure that they produced Thornton's recording.