Big Mama Thornton Artist – Artrockstore
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Willie Mae Thornton aka "Big Mama", was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter born 1926 in Ariton, Alabama. Her father was a Baptist Minister and her mother a singer, and she was immersed in gospel and blues music from an early age. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog", in 1952, whi
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