![]() ![]() ![]() As pointed out in this article’s facts section, there are actually multiple different versions of this song. The first was by a singer named Big Mama Thornton. Lyrically the chorus of her rendition is laced with sexual innuendos. Indeed the titular “hound dog” is actually an unflattering appellation she is ascribing onto the addressee, that being her unfaithful lover. It is similar to how even in more-modern times women may refer to a promiscuous man as a dog. Well even as far back as the 1950s, such a slang term was in use in the African-American community.
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