<P> `` Hound Dog '' is a twelve - bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller . Recorded originally by Willie Mae `` Big Mama '' Thornton on August 13 , 1952 , in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in late February 1953 , `` Hound Dog '' was Thornton 's only hit record , selling over 500,000 copies , spending 14 weeks in the R&B charts , including seven weeks at # 1 . Thornton 's recording of `` Hound Dog '' is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's `` 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll '' , and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in February 2013 </P>
<P> `` Hound Dog '' is a twelve - bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller . Recorded originally by Willie Mae `` Big Mama '' Thornton on August 13 , 1952 , in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in late February 1953 , `` Hound Dog '' was Thornton 's only hit record , selling over 500,000 copies , spending 14 weeks in the R&B charts , including seven weeks at # 1 . Thornton 's recording of `` Hound Dog '' is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's `` 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll '' , and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in February 2013 </P>
who sang the original version of hound dog
who sang the original version of hound dog
Willie Mae `` Big Mama '' Thornton
Willie Mae `` Big Mama '' Thornton