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RE: Today in history: Elvis releases "Hound Dog"
I actually just heard the original recording of this song on one of my blues playlists the other day and I was really confused about what was going on. It didn't take me long to realize it was what the Elvis song was based on. I am actually not a really big fan of Elvis. I understand what he did for the genre(s), but I just don't think he was as great as most people do. I think he had a couple good songs that I enjoy, but he definitely isn't in the top of my list of favorites.
I'm with you on the Elvis thing. It's another example of "you had to be there" notion. I think it was so amazing because nothing like that had been done on a large scale before and was considered very risque at the time.
True.