Hound Dog: Essential Collection

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CD Details

Released: June 28, 1999
Originally Released: 2004
Label: Half Moon Uk

Tracks:

1.Hound Dog
2.My Man Called Me
3.I Smell A Rat
4.They Call Me Big Mama
5.Cotton Picking Blues
6.Wille Mae's Trouble
7.I Just Can't Help Myself
8.I Ain't No Fool Either
9.You Don't Move Me Anymore
10.Let Your Tears Fall Baby
11.Rock - A - Bye Baby
12.Yes Baby
13.How Come
14.Nightmare
15.Stop A - Hoppin' On Me
16.Just Like A Dog, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
17.Walking Blues
18.Big Change
19.Hard Times
20.Laugh, Laugh, Laugh
21.Fish
22.I've Searched The Whole World Over

Product Description:

Blues fans know that Elvis' recording of Hound Dog wasn't the first, that honor belongs to Big Mama Thornton, whose original version is the first of 17 essential tracks. Her powerful voice growls on They Call Me Big Mama; How Come; I Smell a Rat; Stop A-Hoppin' on Me; the Big Change; Hard Times; the Fish, and 10 more.