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Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton helped pioneer rock and roll before the genre even had a name. With a blues voice that was raw, commanding, and impossible to ignore, Thornton was the first to record “Hound Dog,” delivering it with a grit and attitude that would define a generation of music. But when Elvis Presley later recorded the song ...
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