Jerry Lieber, of songwriting team Lieber and Stoller, authors of “Hound Dog,” “Stand By Me,” “Is That All There Is?” and many other fondly remembered pop tunes has died at the age of 78. Full story is here.
Hound Dog has a bit of a history. First recorded by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in 1952, it became a huge hit for Elvis Presley three years later. Presley has often been criticized for stealing Thornton’s thunder, but his version was based on another cover of the original, by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, …