"Hound Dog '' is a twelve - bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded originally by Willie Mae "Big Mama '' Thornton on August 13, 1952, in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in late February 1953, "Hound Dog '' was Thornton 's only hit record, selling over 500,000 copies, spending 14 weeks in the R&B charts, including seven weeks at number one. Thornton 's recording of "Hound Dog '' is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll '', and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in February 2013.
when was you ain't nothin but a hound dog released
February 1953