▁h ott est ▁acts ▁in ▁town . ▁Pres ley ▁and ▁his ▁band ▁decided ▁to ▁take ▁in ▁their ▁show , ▁and ▁not ▁only ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁show , ▁but ▁also ▁loved ▁their ▁re working ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog ", ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁comedy - bur les que ▁with ▁show - sto pping ▁va - va - vo om ▁ch ore ography . ▁According ▁to ▁Paul ▁W . ▁Papa : ▁" From ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁El vis ▁heard ▁this ▁song ▁he ▁was ▁hook ed . ▁He ▁went ▁back ▁over ▁and ▁over ▁again ▁until ▁he ▁learned ▁the ▁ch ords ▁and ▁lyr ics ." Bar bara ▁N . ▁Land ▁and ▁My rick ▁Land , ▁A ▁Short ▁History ▁of ▁Las ▁Veg as , ▁ 2 nd ▁ed . ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Nev ada ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ) ▁p . ▁ 1 3 7 . ▁Pres ley ' s ▁guitar ist ▁Scot ty ▁Moore ▁re called : ▁" When ▁we ▁heard ▁them ▁perform ▁that ▁night , ▁we ▁thought ▁the ▁song ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁good ▁one ▁for ▁us ▁to ▁do ▁as ▁com ic ▁relief ▁when ▁we ▁were ▁on ▁stage . ▁We ▁loved ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁did ▁it . ▁They ▁had ▁a ▁piano ▁player ▁[ Russ ▁Cont i ] ▁who ▁stood ▁up ▁and ▁played ▁– ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁he ▁did ▁his ▁legs ▁they ▁looked ▁like ▁rub ber ▁bands ▁b ending ▁back ▁and ▁forth . ▁Jerry ▁Le iber ▁and ▁Mike ▁St ol ler ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁for ▁Big ▁M ama ▁Thor nt on , ▁but ▁Fred die