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EPISODE 101: R&B: Making A Hit With “Big Mama” Thornton & Johnny Otis

By: Double Elvis Productions
Narrated by: St. Vincent
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  • The groundwork for rock and roll is laid in post-WW2 America, as big band jazz converges with blues, strips down the instrumentation, and adds attitude. Empresario Johnny Otis helps a wild singer named “Big Mama” Thornton capture lightning on tape with the R&B hit “Hound Dog”, before it becomes a rock and roll smash for Elvis Presley. Thornton later connects with Muddy Waters, whose own electric moment in Chicago helped the formation of R&B.
    ©2023 Double Elvis Productions (P)2023 Audible Originals
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