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Big Mama Thornton: "A Day in the Life" for December 11, 2015
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:02:01
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Synopsis
Today in 1926, blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was born. Thornton recorded "Hound Dog" 3 years before Elvis and she wrote "Ball and Chain", which Janis Joplin would make famous at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. On today's "A Day in the Life", we explore Thornton's legacy.