Weisbard Hound Dog

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2707-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

Reihe: Singles

Eric Weisbard uses Elvis Presley’s 1956 recording of Big Mama Thornton’s song “Hound Dog” to reflect on the history of rock music, race, commodification, and popular culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weisbard, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Intro 1
1. “Doggie in the Window” and the 1950s Pop Single 13
2. Dog Ditties 27
3. “Hound Dog,” Take One: Big Mama Thornton 35
4. Elvis Presley Belatedly Records “Hound Dog” 51
5. “Hound Dog” as Influence 65
6. Interpreting “Hound Dog” 81
7. The Whiteness of the Wail 93
Outro 113
Acknowledgments 117
Notes 119
Bibliography 129
Index 139

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Weisbard is Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama and author of Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music, also published by Duke University Press.