nice read on Leiber & Stoller

[cullman]

"Elvis who?" - Mike Stoller

Excerpt from Elvis Presley.com.au: Interview With Mike Stoller - Legendary Songwriter - Elvis Articles by Ken Sharp

cman

[Friar]

Elvis is given credit for making a hit of this song not her.

She did it first but didn't make it a hit. It wasn't on play lists and was on a small label. 99% of the country had never heard it.

L&S only started making money on the rights after Elvis recorded it.

[Wang Lung]

[tandfman]

Nonsense.

[dal4018]

huh?

What I was saying is from a historical point of view her name isn't mentioned.Elvis is given credit for making a hit of this song not her.

[gh]

huh?

[dal4018]

The song "Hounddog" was originally sung by a woman named Ella Mae Thorton her stage name was "Big Mama" and it was written by them for her not Elvis.

which is exactly what the story says:

<<....They originally wrote "Hound Dog" for Big Mama Thornton, who made it one of the best-selling R&B records of 1953. It was Elvis Presley who introduced their work to the white world, and he got the words wrong anyway....>>

Yes and unfortunately her name isn't mentioned only Elvis name is.

[gh]

The song "Hounddog" was originally sung by a woman named Ella Mae Thorton her stage name was "Big Mama" and it was written by them for her not Elvis.

which is exactly what the story says:

<<....They originally wrote "Hound Dog" for Big Mama Thornton, who made it one of the best-selling R&B records of 1953. It was Elvis Presley who introduced their work to the white world, and he got the words wrong anyway....>>

[wineturtle]

I love my little town

One of their first releases on Red Robin was Remember(walkin` in the sand) by a group of girls from Queens NY the Shangri-La`s. The boys from their school (Andrew Jackson) followed it up by running 7:35.6yds NHSR a year or so later.

[dal4018]

The song "Hounddog" was originally sung by a woman named Ella Mae Thorton her stage name was "Big Mama" and it was written by them for her not Elvis.

[dj]

Re: nice read on Leiber &amp; Stoller

(and if you have to ask who they are.....)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 18KI39.DTL

I've stayed at the Crowne Plaza at Times Square for several New York meets through the years. The Brill Building is half a block north on Broadway, and I've never missed pointing it out to friends.

Beautifully ornate gilded (perhaps brass) facade from the 1920s (earlier?).

My mother worked there for several months in 1942 or '43, while my father was a 90-day wonder at Columbia Midshipman's school. She worked there as a secretary/receptionist and as a rehearsal and studio pianist for some of the big bands when they'd come through.

[Friar]

Few people had better decades --54-64-- than L&S. They had a blast. I've seen Smokey Joe's on stage/ tape and read Always Magic in the Air, the story of the Brill Building.

[gh]

(and if you have to ask who they are.....)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 18KI39.DTL