• Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B. The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock...
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  • American blues artist Big Mama Thornton. Although her recording did not appear on the record charts, the song has become one of Thornton's best-known, largely...
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  • album 10 Big Mama Thornton (1926–1984), American blues singer BigMama, the stage name of Italian rapper Marianna Mammone (born 2000) Big Mama, a name for...
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  • Hound Dog (song) (category Big Mama Thornton songs)
    originally by 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...
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    Presley, originally placed at number 19. The original version by Big Mama Thornton is, however, present at number 318 after being absent from the earlier...
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  • right, including Little Esther Phillips, Etta James, Alan O'Day, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard, and...
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  • Let's Go Get Stoned (category Big Mama Thornton songs)
    eponymous album James Brown released a recording of the song as a single. Big Mama Thornton recorded the song for her 1969 album Stronger Than Dirt. Joe Cocker...
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  • ‘Bang!’ — sad, sad thing. Big Mama ran out of the dressing room yelling ‘Johnny Ace just killed himself!'" Big Mama Thornton said in a written statement...
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    Buddy and Julie Miller, contains songs by Hank Williams, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, and "All Creatures of Our God and King" (credited to St. Francis...
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  • performance at New York's Lone Star Cafe, singing a Big Mama Thornton song and "That's Alright Mama". They have since disbanded. Their only album, Blue...
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    Parton, Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson, Karen Dalton, Fred Koller, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and J. J. Cale." Dalton...
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    songwriter, "Sing Out for Jesus", which was recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton. Also in 1971, she and Mike Settle again worked with Bowen to create...
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  • 1949 by Don Robey in Houston, Texas, United States. "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton was a hit for Peacock in 1953. Other significant rhythm and blues...
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  • Dunn as Bill Black Alton Mason as Little Richard Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton / Pentecostal singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte as Dee Stanley Sharon...
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  • Me and My Chauffeur Blues (category Big Mama Thornton songs)
    for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Big Mama Thornton recorded a version of the song as "Me and My Chauffeur" backed by...
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  • husband Dave Ellingson). Carnes also wrote the song performed by Big Mama Thornton. The pop music group Delaney, Bonnie & Friends had a small role as...
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    Die! – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2019. Campbell, Al. "Big Mama Thornton: With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966 – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved...
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  • as Gwendalyn "Grasshopper" Piper Laurie as Grannie Jill Scott as Big Mama Thornton David Morse as Lou Robin Wright Penn as Ellen Christoph Sanders as...
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  • 1984 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913) 1984 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926) 1986 – Vincente Minnelli, American...
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  • (2018 film), Nigerian Jail (2021 film), an Indian action film Jail (Big Mama Thornton album), 1975 Jail (TV series), an American reality show Jail (Monopoly)...
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  • Harrison. In 1952, the partners wrote "Hound Dog" for blues singer Big Mama Thornton, which became a hit for her in 1953. The 1956 Elvis Presley rock and...
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  • "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" (1941), which Simone first heard Big Mama Thornton sing. Thornton released her version as "Me and My Chauffeur" on the B-side...
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  • to a hit by a female artist. The original "Hound Dog" song sung by Big Mama Thornton reached number 1 in 1953, and there were six answer songs in response;...
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    Art Tatum Jesse Thomas Rufus Thomas Hank Thompson Big Mama Thornton Johnny Tillotson Merle Travis Big Joe Turner Ike Turner Ritchie Valens Bobby Vee Gene...
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    Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) Dionne Warwick Norman Whitfield Award for Musical Influence Alexis Korner John Mayall Big Mama Thornton...
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  • musicians, including Otis Spann, Willie Cobbs, Eddie Boyd, Roy Brown, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton and Junior Wells. Lawhorn was born...
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    appearances occurred in 2007, when Scott appeared in Hounddog (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's movie, Why Did I Get Married? In 2008, Scott...
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  • Turner Big Joe Williams Big John Greer Big John Wrencher Big Maceo Merriweather Big Mama Thornton Big Maybelle Ernest "Big" Crawford Robert "Big Mojo"...
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    Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) Dionne Warwick Norman Whitfield Award for Musical Influence Alexis Korner John Mayall Big Mama Thornton...
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  • Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans) 9 Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra) Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian...
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