Elvis Presley

Meet the songwriters who helped make Elvis a star, and find out ...

source: Victoria Advocate

 TX One day, they learn a hit song they wrote for Big Mama has become a blockbuster for a young white boy from Mississippi named Elvis Presley. "Hound Dog" changed everything. Leiber and Stoller became Elvis' "good luck charms." In one frantic four-hour ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

I'm Sorry I Haven'ta Clue, BBC Radio 4

source: Times Online

 UK To hear her sing Hound Dog during a round of Just a Minim, a comic tour de force that managed to make the journey from Elvis Presley to Joyce Grenfell (and convince you that it all made sense), was a moment of pure radio joy. ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Stand by Them

source: New York Times

Otis made the case for his “Hound Dog” contribution in a 2000 interview: “Parts of it weren't really acceptable. I didn't like that reference to chicken and watermelon, said, 'Let's get that . . . out of there.' . . . Then Elvis Presley made it a ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

'Smokey Joe's' Showcases Classic Leiber & Stoller

source: Palisadian-Post

 CA They include tunes popularized by Elvis Presley and the Coasters and other chart-toppers, such as 'Hound Dog,' 'Yakety Yak,' 'Charlie Brown,' 'On Broadway,' and 'Stand by Me.' 'Everyone will sing along, I'm sure!' Hunter says, adding that Theatre ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

I was even bigger than Elvis in the charts..for a week!

source: Edinburgh Evening News

 UK The year was 1958 and Elvis Presley was heading to the top of the charts with Hound Dog – and there just above him in the hit parade was Jackie Dennis, the apprentice plumber from Leith, singing La Dee Dah. It is a memory which still brings a broad ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

'Hound Dog' songwriters tell their tale of rock

source: MSNBC

Best known for writing the song “Hound Dog,” which was eventually recorded by Elvis Presley, the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. An excerpt. Because all nice Jewish boys were expected to attend college, Jerry and I, ...

Published Mon, Jun 8

On This Day: June 5

source: TV Cocktail Blog

Elvis Presley debuted his song "Hound Dog," and Suzie Orman, Mark Wahlberg and Pete Wentz were born. video.ivillage.com

Published Thu, Jun 4

'Smokey Joe's Café' Caps Theatre Bristol's 43rd Season

source: Bristol Herald Courier

 TN Roll call. There's “On Broadway,” “Yakety Yak” and “Charlie Brown”; “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock”; and “There Goes My Baby.” Those were hits for George Benson, The Coasters, Elvis Presley and The Drifters. “They don't write songs like these anymore ...

Published Wed, Jun 3