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    • Dec 11, 1926
    Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton is born in Montgomery, Alabama. She scores an R&B hit with "Hound Dog," which later becomes a massive pop and country hit for Elvis Presley
    Aug 13, 1952
    Big Mama Thornton records one of the first versions of "Hound Dog," which becomes a substantial early hit for Elvis Presley
    Jul 25, 1984
    Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton dies in Los Angeles. She recorded the original version of "Hound Dog," which Elvis Presley remade as a pop and country hit
    Nov 21, 2012
    Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's "The Titanic" are announced as new additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with W.H. Stepp's "Bonaparte's Retreat" and Flatt & Scruggs' album "Foggy Mountain Banjo." Also enshrined: Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" and Francis Craig's "Near You"
    Mar 29, 2017
    Marty Robbins' album "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs" and The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" are added to the National Recording Registry, along with The Chuck Wagon Gang's "I'll Fly Away," Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog," Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour" and Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow"
    Jan 25, 2020
    "I Swear" songwriter Gary Baker is added to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center in Florence. Also inducted are Take 6 member Mervyn Warren and Big Mama Thornton
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