played from August 1957 through 1961. No recorded version is known to survive.Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Chronicles (Harmony Books, 1992) pp. 15, 23, 363. On August 30, 1972, Lennon performed the song with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band at Madison Square Garden, New York City, in one of his last charity concerts, and was released on his Live in New York album on January 24, 1986. John Lennon also recorded "Hound Dog" during his huge rehearsal of early Rock and Roll classics (for the Madison Square Garden concert) that was released on the unauthorized album S.I.R. John Winston Ono Lennon. Tony Sheridan (who was asked to join the young Beatles) also recorded the Presley version of "Hound Dog". Foreign-language versions Among those artists who have recorded non-English versions of "Hound Dog" are: Ralf Bendix (in German, as "Heut Geh' Ich Nicht Nach Hause") (1957); (Today I'm Not Going Home) Die Rock and Rollers with the Johannes Fehring Orchestra (in German, as "Das Ist Rock And Roll") (lyrics: Fini Busch) (1957); Dyno Y Los Solitarios (in Mexican Spanish, as "Sabueso") (1960: Discos Audiomex). (Hound) Los Rogers (in Spanish, as "El Twist Del Perro") (1961); (Dog Twist) Lucky Blondo (in French, as "Un Vieux Chien de Chasse") on his album To Elvis from Nashville (1977: Philips) (An Old Hound) Angela Ro Ro (in Brazilian Portuguese, as "Hot-Dog") (1984) Züri West (in Bernese German as "Souhung") on their album Elvis (June 15, 1990: Black Cat at Sound Service) Aurelio Morata (in Spanish, as "Perra Boba") Tributo Al Rey (1997: Picap) Parodies After the Presley version of "Hound Dog" became a commercial success, Homer and Jethro parodied it as "Houn' Dawg" (RCA Victor 47–6706; 20–6706),Paul C. Mawhinney, MusicMaster, the 45 RPM Record Directory: 1947 to 1982, Volume 2 (Record-Rama, 1983) p. 348. including such lines as: "You look like an Airedale, with the air let out". Several parodies emphasized the cross-cultural appeal of Presley's record. Lalo "Pancho Lopez" Guerrero, the father of Chicano music, released a parody version in 1956 entitled "Pound Dog" (L&M LM1002) about a chihuahua. In January 1957, Jewish American satirist Mickey Katz released a Yinglish novelty song version, "You're a Doity Dog" (Capitol F3607), singing with a Yiddish accent, and having a klezmer break between verses. In this freilach-rock song, Katz sang "You ain't nothin' but a paskudnick". By March 1957, veteran country singer Cliff Johnson responded to