A canine themed pop song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was originally recorded in 1952 by Big Mama Thornton but what is the stage surname of the US pop singer who recorded his version of the same song in 1955 as an album track?

BRY2K

Bell. The song in question is "Hound Dog". Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Bernie Lowe suspected that "Hound Dog" could potentially have greater appeal, and asked Freddie Bell of Freddie Bell and the Bellboys to rewrite the lyrics to appeal to a broader radio audience. "Snoopin' round my door" was replaced with "cryin' all the time", and "You can wag your tail, but I ain't gonna feed you no more" was replaced by "You ain't never caught a rabbit, and you ain't no friend of mine." This new version of "Hound Dog" was recorded on Lowe's Teen Records in 1955 TEEN 101 with "Move Me Baby" on the flip side, two of four songs the group did with Lowe that year). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_%28song%29 Apr 02 08, 1:32 PM

richlesa

Thanks for the reply I had found Bell but this was a single not an album track, I think it might be Elvis who recorded it on an album 'Live at the Louisiana Hayride' in 1955 the year before he recorded it as a single. http://www.filter-store.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3840906,00.html http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;-1;-1;-1&sku=465011 [Links added -- Zb] Apr 06 08, 1:32 AM