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Until he recorded his (and Alligator Records') first album, “Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers,” in 1971, Taylor was largely unknown outside of Chicago. He played blues guitar for 35 years before ...

Thankfully he was rescued from the sinking ship — the Andrea Doria, on which 43 others lost their lives — and brought to shore in New York, where his songwriting partner, Jerry Leiber, awaited him ...

Elvis Presley sings “Hound Dog” on ‘The Steve Allen Show’ on July 1, 1956 | NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The performance on The Steve Allen Show was a big one for the music star.

In some ways, this classic early rock ‘n’ roll song, Hound Dog,” has become a lightning rod at the center of an unwinnable debate. It has become Big Mama Thornton against Elvis Presley. While the song ...

Yola is a singer who portrayed Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the originators of classic rock, in the biopic Elvis. She revealed she loves Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog.” In addition, she praised the ...

George Thorogood has a simple motto for making music: “Rock ‘n’ roll never sleeps – it just passes out.” The 75-year-old, writer of songs like Bad to the Bone and I Drink Alone, is still out there ...