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Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton only notched one national hit in her lifetime, but it was a true monster. "Hound Dog" held down the top slot on Billboard's R&B charts for seven long weeks in 1953. Alas, Elvis Presley's rockin...

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Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy - Hound...
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Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy - Hound Dog (1965)
Big Mama Thornton - Rock me (Oregon 1971...
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Big Mama Thornton - Rock me (Oregon 1971)
Big Mama Thornton - They call me big mam...
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A cool blues from Big Mama Thornton s album Blues . Big Mama rules!^^ Enjoy!...
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The last show of Big mama Thornton 04.14.1984 sing Ball n Chain .......
Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Big ...
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Big Mama Thornton - Down Home Shakedown
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Big Mama Thornton - Down Home Shakedown-(Harmonica Jam Session 1965)...
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Big mama Thornton chante Tom cat pas Hound dog .......
Big Mama Thornton - Watermelon Man
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Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
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Big Mama Thornton and Buddy Guy - Hound Dog
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Recorded with the Muddy Waters Blues Band in 1966.
Big Mama Thornton Sings "Hound Dog"
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Big Mama Thronton sings the Elvis hit, Hound Dog.
Big Mama
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Grand finale harmonica-jam from 1965 featuring John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton and an all-star cast trading...
Little Red Rooster by Big Mama Thornton
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Big Mama Thornton Live at Newport (though not on this song, BB King and Muddy Waters played at this concert wi...
LP- BALL AND CHAIN-- BIG MAMA THORNTON A...
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BIG MAMA THORNTON-BALL AND CHAIN. LIGHTNING HOPKINS-GABRIEL,MY WOMAN...
Big Mama Thornton - Wade In The Water
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Big Mama Thornton belting out a great number.
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - Live 197...
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Big Mama Thornton Live At Oregon State - Muddy Waters Tour 1971...
BIG MAMA THORNTON vol.1 with the CHICAGO...
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LIFE GOES ON.-EVERYTHING GONNA BE ALRIGHT.
Big Mama Thornton - Ball & Chain
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Big Mama s last appearance in 1984.Same year she died from heart and liver complications since she drunk too m...
Big Mama Thornton 1970
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Big Mama Thornton performs Ball and Chain with Buddy Guy s Blues Band...
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Big Mama Thornton "Ball And Chain"
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Ball and Chain , version original.
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (50's blue...
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Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton - Wade In The Water
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Vanishing point (1971) soundtrack,Big ma...
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Big mama Thornton-sing out for Jesus
Big Mama Thornton - Sometimes I Have A H...
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Ball N Chain

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Very Best Of
Oct 2007
Vanguard Visionaries
Jun 2007
Jail
Jan 2007
Sassy Mama [Justin-Time]
Sep 2005
Big Mama Thornton in Europe
Sep 2005
They Call Me Big Mama [Proper]
Aug 2005
Hound Dog: Essential Collection
Dec 2004
With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
Aug 2004
1950-1953
May 2004
Mighty Crazy
Nov 2002
Clasicas de America Latina
Jul 2002
Big Mama Thornton: Best Of The Vanguard Years
Apr 2000
Complete Vanguard Recordings
Apr 2000
Way It Is
Jul 1998
Blues, Blues, Blues !
Jan 1995
Rising Sun Collection
Sep 1994
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
Dec 1992
They Call Me Big Mama [MCA]
Jan 1991
Original Hound Dog
Jan 1990
Ball n' Chain
Jan 1989
Sassy Mama! [Vanguard]
Jan 1975
Jail
Jan 1975
Big Mama the Queen at Monterey
Dec 1967
In Europe: Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters' Blues Band
Jan 1965
With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
Dec 1969
Vanguard Visionaries
Dec 1969
The Complete Vanguard Recordings
Dec 1969
Sassy Mama
Dec 1969
Jail
Dec 1969
In Europe
Dec 1969
Ball N' Chain
Dec 1969
Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
Dec 1969

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