Elvis Presley – Holly & Kelly Music Review

Song 74 – Hound Dog

SONG: Hound Dog ARTIST: Elvis Presley YEAR: 1956 Listen to it here: THE SONG: Hound Dog was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952 and originally written for blues singer Big Mama Thornton, who recorded it that same year. It proved to be a big hit for her, spending 14 weeks on theContinue reading “Song 74 – Hound Dog”

Song 72 – Heartbreak Hotel

SONG: Heartbreak Hotel ARTIST: Elvis Presley YEAR: 1956 Listen to it here: THE SONG: “Heartbreak Hotel” was written in 1955 by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton. There are two conflicting stories of how the song started out, but the most agreed-upon version is from a newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely manContinue reading “Song 72 – Heartbreak Hotel”