Who wrote hound dog?

Question

Curious...?

Answer 1

This was originally recorded in a blues style by Big Mama Thornton in 1953. Her version was a #1 R&B hit and by far her biggest success. Like many Blues musicians, she never made much money, but was a big influence on many singers who did. In 1968, Janis Joplin recorded a song Thornton wrote called "Ball And Chain," which appeared on several Joplin compilation albums after she died in 1970.
After hearing a Las Vegas band called Freddie Bell & The Bellboys performing a comedic version of this song when they opened for him in his 1956 Las Vegas gig, Elvis decided to record it himself. Elvis recorded the song during the same session as "Don't Be Cruel" - it was his debut as a producer, working himself and the band through an increasingly focused 31 takes! (thanks, Jeff - Boston, MA)
This was one of the first big hits for the songwriting team of JERRY LEIBER and MIKE STOLLER, who were teenagers when they wrote it. Based on the success of this, LEIBER & STOLLER were hired to write many more songs for Elvis, as well as the score for his movie Jailhouse Rock. After writing this song with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller got married and went on a trip to Europe. He was returning on the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria in 1956 when it was rammed by another ship in fog off Nantucket Sound and eventually sank. Stoller and his new wife abandoned ship in a lifeboat and were rescued. About 50 of the 1,500 people on board died. When Stoller arrived at the dock at New York, Leiber was there to welcome him with the news that they had their first major hit with "Hound Dog," by a newcomer called Elvis Presley. (thanks, steve - Sydney, Australia)
Elvis recorded 28 takes of this song before pronouncing himself satisfied.
When this was reissued in the UK in 1978, it went to #24.
This was released as a single with "Don't Be Cruel," it was #1 in the US for 11 weeks, a record that was not broken until 1992 by "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men.
This is the only single to have both sides reach #1 in the US.
In 1956, Elvis went on The Steve Allen Show and sang this to a Basset Hound. He was not allowed to dance on the show, since Allen ran a family-friendly program and Elvis' pelvis was not considered family-friendly.
This was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988.

Kelli

Answer 2

Hound Dog was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Answer 3

Otis, Jud, Amos, Jethro, Major, Luke, Roscoe. I have named many hounds that came into rescue and the best names are Southern sounding, like a character from The Dukes of Hazzard.

Answer 4

if you're thinking of the song

"you ain't noting but a hound dog, yeah
cryin' all the time"

then it's the king of rock Elvis!

Answer 5

Huckleberry Hound while eating at Nathan's

Answer 6

ARE you kidding me!!! Elvis baby.

Answer 7

elvis?