Willie Mae Thornton better known as Big Mama Thornton because of her height (nearly 6 feet), and weight (200 pounds), was an American singer and songwriter of the Blues and R&B. 
She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller’s Hound Dog in 1952,[2] which was written for her and became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953.
Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog and Down Home Shakedown (1965)
Big Mama Thornton Blues offer the blues in a perfect way: Two Parts of a life show in 1965: In the 1st part Big Mama Thornton is singing Hound Dog. In the 2nd part Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton & Dr Ross are playing on the harmonica Down Home Shakedown.
