On July 13, 1956, RCA Victor released Elvis Presley’s hit song Hound Dog. It blended rhythm and blues (R&B) with rockabilly ...

Both songs were included in the 'Rolling Stone' magazine's initial list of the 500 greatest of all time.

Elvis Presley‘s “Hound Dog” wasn’t originally by Elvis. The tune was written in 10 or 15 minutes. Subsequently, one of the writers of the song said it had to be performed in a specific way. Elvis ...

On June 5, 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on the American network television programme The Milton Berle Show. As the evening’s musical guest, the man who would soon become the King curled his lip and ...

A writer of Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” revealed what he thought of Baz Luhrmann’s movie Elvis. He discussed the way the film utilized “Hound Dog” and other songs he wrote. He reacted to Eminem ...

These three rock songs from 1956 are so good, they still make me smile today, even after so many years have passed.

When a 21-year-old Elvis Presley stepped up to the microphone in 1956 to record his version of the gritty blues track "Hound ...

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. But it doesn’t ...

Music historian Wynne (Something in the Water) scrupulously documents how Elvis’s 1956 hit song “Hound Dog” helped catapult rock ’n’ roll “into the American cultural mainstream.” Written for and ...

The energy of Elvis Presley hit 'Hound Dog' stems partially from Scotty Moore, who played a P-90-equipped Gibson L-5 plugged ...

Elvis Presley performing Hound Dog on The Milton Berle Show in June 1956 - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images On June 5, 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on the American network television programme The Milton ...