So, in my last Battle of the Bands, I chose Lieber and Stoller’s “Hound Dog” as the song and two artists, Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley, who had #1 hits with it. Big Mama’s version topped the R&B chart in 1953, Elvis topped the Pop chart in 1956.
No surprise on the final tally:
Elvis Presley: 11
Big Mama Thornton: 6
The vote tally includes my vote, for Big Mama Thornton. I had never heard her version of the song before my Lieber & Stoller post, and as great as Elvis’s version is, I thought hers was more fun to listen to.
Anyway, congratulations to Elvis, and I’m sure both these artists will be contestants in a future battle.
The next battle is Tuesday, September 1, and it will mark one year since I started doing Battle of the Bands. Be sure to join me then.
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
Considering that The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll was one of the contestants, this was actually a pretty close, very respectable Battle.
~ D-FensDogG
LikeLike
I really thought Big Mama had a chance. Well, what can you do?
LikeLike
I’m not surprised Elvis won. Big Mama did a nice job, but she just didn’t do it for me. Maybe, if I heard it another day and my mood was just right then she might have a shot at winning me over. Good battle, John!
LikeLike
Putting her up against Elvis was probably a bad idea, but with this group, you can never tell. I would wager that a lot of the judges had never heard Big Mama Thornton’s version of it; I know I hadn’t.
LikeLike
Big Mama put up a good fight and I’m a bit surprised to see that she did as well as she did. But…”Long Live the King!” Not saying that he’s still alive or anything though.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
LikeLike
The King is dead. Long live the King!
LikeLike
Wow, I thought there would be a bigger margin between Elvis and Thornton. This was a closer one than I would have thought.
LikeLike
Personally, I would have been disappointed if mine was the only vote for her. I knew that a couple of people would choose hers.
LikeLike
Although Elvis won by quite a margin, it wasn’t as big a margin as I thought it would be. I found it interesting you thought Mama Thornton’s was more fun, since that’s what I said about Elvis’ version. LOL
LikeLiked by 1 person
for your next one you should do Little Richard/Pat Boone Tutti Frutti….
LikeLike
There’s an idea, or have Pat Boone go up against Fats Domino on “Ain’t That A Shame.” Nah, you’re right, Little Richard…
LikeLike
On second thought, I’m almost positive the man in the white bucks would be shut out in either case. Even so, it might be worthwhile.
LikeLike
I had a hunch Elvis would run away with this one. 🙂 Some of the other battles were close.
LikeLike
It could have been worse: it could have been a shutout.
LikeLike
Aw, boooo… Like you, I thought the Thornton version killed Elvis’s. Ah, well. It was a cool battle, John.
LikeLike
Thanks. For a minute, I thought it would be closer…
LikeLike