Hound DogMany listeners first heard Hound Dog when Elvis Presleys single topped the pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. But some fans already knew the song from Big Mama Thorntons earlier recording, a giant but exclusively R&B hit. In Hound Dog Eric Weisbard examines the racial, commercial, and cultural ramifications of Elviss appropriation of a Black womans anthem. He rethinks the history and influences of rock music in light of Rolling Stone's replacement