“Hound Dog” co-writer Mike Stoller has refuted claims that Elvis Presley’s version of the classic rock’n’roll song was stolen from Big Mama Thornton. In an interview with Brain Hiatt for Rolling Stone ...

Not everyone was a fan of Elvis Presley, and a few of the King's contemporaries even criticized him back in the day.

Need some songs about pets to brighten your day? These five songs were penned about different musicians' beloved furry friends.

Firstly, a little background. Hit cover songs were a lot more common in the 1950s and 1960s than they are today. For example, Peggy Lee’s “Fever,” Frank Sinatra’s “Somethin’ Stupid” and “Strangers in ...

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 ...

As one of its public offerings in celebration of the arts and humanities, “Kaleidoscope” presents a lecture Tuesday at 4 p.m. by Ben Wynne on his book “Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Thornton, Elvis, and ...

Does Doja Cat’s hit song “Vegas” qualify to be an Oscar best song nominee? The short answer is: Maybe. But the tune from Baz Luhrmann’s biopic “Elvis” faces more challenges than the average new movie ...

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 ...