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Hound Dog

original song written and composed by Leiber-Stoller; originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton
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Summary

Hound Dog is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,567 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Jerry Leiber[3], Mike Stoller[4]
  • Genre: rock and roll[5]
  • Performer: Big Mama Thornton[6], Freddie Bell and the Bellboys[7], Elvis Presley[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Publication date: 1952[10]
  • Lyricist: Jerry Leiber[11], Mike Stoller[12]
  • Title: Hound Dog[13]
  • Different from: Hound dog[14]
  • Form of creative work: song[15]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): folk[17]

  • Community tags: folk[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 97a0c5bb-5410-35c0-92b2-927f7e458bec[19]

Why It Matters

Hound Dog has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Big Mama Thornton Elvis Presley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Big Mama Thornton, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, Elvis Presley
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T9007575759, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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