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    22. There are a lot of versions of "Hound Dog" before Elvis Presley did his

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      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example: Burning Love Arthur Alexander...

      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example:

      Burning Love

      Arthur Alexander 1971 YouTube

      Elvis Presley 1972
      YouTube

      Nice and simple. Not to say "this is great, this is terrible", or "look, he stole it", but just because it's interesting to compare versions.

      But then I looked at Hound Dog and wow there are a lot of covers. I got most of these from the Wikipedia article, which is pretty in-depth about this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song)

      So, here's a short list. I'd be interested to know what you think - I love Big Mama Thornton's version, I love Elvis's version, but I'm not that keen on any of the others here.

      Hound Dog

      Big Mama Thornton 1952 YouTube

      Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (date uncertain) []YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQ-fDb4M4s)

      Elvis Presley 1956 YouTube

      And here's a bunch more before Elvis did his version:

      Little Esther 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUQ_lmoyJ4

      Jack Turner and his Granger County Gang 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbAotf6ac0

      Billy Star 195X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDuuPWVL0s

      Betsy Gay 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNG-0L-mldc

      Eddie Hazlewood 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN23peWBe3g

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