▁Jazz ▁Comp an ion ▁( Gu in ness ▁Books , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ) ▁p . ▁ 2 4 . ▁According ▁to ▁Phill ips ' ▁bi ograph er ▁Peter ▁G ural nick : ▁ ▁Sam ▁was ▁knock ed ▁out ▁by ▁Big ▁M ama ▁Thor nt on ' s ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁he ▁heard ▁it . ▁Per formed ▁with ▁r ips aw ▁g usto ▁by ▁the ▁singer ... ▁and ▁modified ▁by ▁a ▁del icate ▁Latin - f lav ored ▁" r hum ba - bo og ie " ▁beat , ▁the ▁record ▁struck ▁a ▁commun al ▁ch ord ▁somewhere ▁between ▁low ▁comedy ▁and ▁bed rock ▁truth . ▁It ▁totally ▁tick led ▁Sam ▁on ▁both ▁levels . ▁" I ▁said , ▁my ▁God , ▁it ' s ▁so ▁true . ▁You ▁ain ' t ▁nothing ▁but ▁a ▁h ound ▁dog . ▁You ▁ain ' t ▁met ▁your ▁respons ib ilities . ▁You ▁didn ' t ▁go ▁to ▁work ▁like ▁you ▁[ should ] ." ▁And ▁it ▁gave ▁him ▁an ▁immediate ▁idea ▁for ▁a ▁follow - up ▁– ▁from ▁the ▁man ' s ▁point ▁of ▁view ... ▁" B ear ▁Cat ", ▁"[ i ] n ▁the ▁time - hon ored ▁tradition ▁of ▁answer ▁songs , ▁was ▁a ▁virtual ▁carbon ▁copy ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁with ▁lyr ics , ▁ch ord ▁progress ions , ▁and ▁rh yth mic ▁structure ▁all ▁pattern ed ▁directly ▁on ▁the ▁original . ▁ ▁Looking ▁for ▁a ▁suitable ▁man ▁to ▁record ▁this ▁song