They Called Me Big Mama [Import]

Big Mama Thornton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Proper Introduction
• ASIN: B0009UNALC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,302 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All Right Baby

2. Bad Luck Got My Man

3. Partnership Blues

4. Mischievous Boogie

5. I'm All Fed Up

6. Cotton Picking Blues

7. Everytime I Think Of You

8. No Jody For Me

9. Let Your Tears Fall Baby

10. They Call Me Big Mama

11. Walking Blues

12. Hound Dog

13. Just Can't Help Myself

14. Nightmare

15. Rockabye Baby

16. Hard Times

17. I've Searched The World Over

18. I Ain't No Fool Either

19. The Big Change

20. I Smell A Rat

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton Only Notched Up 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. Thornton's Menacing Growl was Indeed Something Special. The Hefty Belter First Opened her Pipes in Church but Soon Embraced the Blues. Thornton was Ensconced on the Houston Circuit When Peacock Records Boss Don Robey Signed her in 1951. She Debuted on Peacock with "Partnership Blues" that Year, Backed by Trumpeter Joe Scott's Band. But it was her Third Peacock Date with Johnny Otis's Band that Proved the Winner. With Pete Lewis Laying Down Some Truly Nasty Guitar Behind Her, Big Mama Shouted "Hound Dog", a Tune Whose Authorship Remains a Bone of Contention to this Day (Both Otis and the Team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Claim Responsibility), and Soon Hit the Road a Star. This Proper Intro Presents the Best of her Work.