WHAT DID WE JUST HEAR?!| FIRST TIME HEARING Big Momma Thornton - Hound Dog REACTION 

Yes they did ‼️‼️ 📻🙂❗️👍

Rosetta Tharpe shreds! I can’t believe I didn’t hear of her until my 40’s.

Many did back then. Music exploded around that time there were many artists that just kind of blew up around that time.

Tharp plays the same run over and over and over and over. At least she learned that. Big Mammy stole the song from 2 Jewish songwriters.

Isn't that amazing!!!I love Janis and wowww

Please react to that scenes in "Stripes" when they March to Manfred Mann's "doo was Diddy." It will make you laugh

Janis’s favorite artist

Janis basically got her style from Big Mama Thornton (as well as some other female and a few male older Black artists)

Janis was also into Bessie Smith

Think about it is we got to be really careful because from what I understand back in the day and even in the days when the Beatles were in Hamburg, the copyright and sampling laws either didn't exist or they weren't anywhere like they are not. If you cover the track I don't think you had to give anybody any money because it was just regular behavior amongst musicians to do these things. This is where this whole thing started where people thought Elvis Presley was stealing but you can't steal a music genre with your own style first off imo. I mean it's going to be really hard to steal a genre. But in this case I'm saying that people have said that he stole hound dog and he stole Blue suede shoes from Carl Perkins but he wasn't stealing because it wasn't patented back in those days from what I got it. As I mentioned before, the Beatles were playing all kinds of music in Hamburg and none of it was there written tracks. Some of it was released for public consumption in Europe in particularly Germany and parts of england. So I mean I might be completely wrong but I'm thinking that that's where people get it twisted and think that Elvis was literally stealing not just a style or a job but he was absolutely just taking songs that belong to other people and wasn't being punished. I don't think that it was any kind of offense back in the day. If it was then I think somebody probably would have filed lawsuits not just against the Elvis but against countless people of all ethnicities that covered other people's tracks. Only reason I'm mentioning it is to you is because you sound like you're knowledgeable and honestly I don't know for a fact that these tracks were copyrighted but I'm pretty sure that people wouldn't be playing other people's music without getting them any credit or cash or anything because it was just common practice and was not illegal in any way. I have not researched but I'm just saying wouldn't Common Sense tell us that if this was patented music and songs in general, there would have been tons of lawsuits? The next thing that I've heard is that Elvis, he's usually mentioned because he became the biggest star out of that era, not only took these songs but he gave no credit or no money to any of these people. for the most part that's probably true and I think it's probably true of anybody that did that back then because again I think it was just normal general practice and no one thought twice about it. Nowadays you better give someone credit every time you sample anything remotely close to someone else's track but back in the day I feel certain that it was just common practice and there was nothing morally wrong or legally in the eyes of musicians. This is all my opinion and just common sense but I could be wrong. But of course the other thing is that Elvis stole genres of music which is crazy to me. How can you steal on certain style of music? I mean isn't it fair to say that every single musician from time immemorial has picked up ideas and styles from people that came before them? That's like sin if you play basketball and you're not white like the inventor of basketball then you stole something. Elvis Presley didn't just take from one genre but he took from several John is from what I understand. He was just influenced by all these different genres such as gospel, bluegrass, country, blues, rockabilly and the list goes on. . I know this is long and drawn out but I just feel like people don't quite understand that he was influenced by different kinds of music and then he came up with his own style just like practically every human in history has done when it comes to music. I mean do the original drum beaters have them locked down on anyone that would like to play drums? I think you get what I'm saying and I apologize for just spitting all this out because I'm literally using speech to text. I know there's going to be comments somewhere about Elvis taking or stealing this song. Call Perkins was white wasn't he? Serious question because I really don't know but I assume from what I've heard that he was a white guy. I don't know if he wrote Blue suede shoes but I'm pretty sure he sang it and Elvis also covered it. Why don't they mention instances like this as an example of theft or stealing? And when I say they I am not talking about an ethnicity I'm just talking about the people who try to take any sort of Glory or originality away from Elvis along with other people. so please if you get an opportunity correct me on any of this stuff where I'm wrong and try to answer these long questions if you get a chance. You notice there's a ton of questions but like I said I guess it's because I'm a student and I'm used to asking the freaking professor hyphen instructor all kinds of questions. You sound like you know what you're talking about and this is exactly why I hit you up with all these questions rather than other people in here. Even if you don't want to answer then I get it but I don't want to feel like an idiot and make claims if I'm wrong about any of the things that I mentioned above. Peace to you and yours

They already reacted to Sister Rosetta

Afraid Sister Rosetta Tharp “owns” the title “Godmother Of Rock and Roll” - not to take anything away from Big Momma Thornton . She was incredible in her own right. 📻🙂

@@jeffking4176 That is a bunch of latter day, revisionist hype and wishful thinking to claim Sister Rosetta Tharp is the "Godmother Of Rock And Roll". To call ANYONE the “inventor of rock & roll” is silly and pointless. You won’t hear anything Rosetta did in the 1940s as being nearly identifiable as proto rock n roll, especially in comparison to any number of boogie woogie pianists and jump blues bands, or even western swing bands of the time. It is the handful of TV performances she did wailing on an electric guitar (which she only began using in the 1950s) from the 1960s that started people making such inaccurate claims.

You mean stolen by that no talent hack.

The title of Godmother of Rock is disputed between her and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Both are the first two Great Dames of Soul.

It was a song written by songwriters Leiber and Stoller, two Jewish guys from Brooklyn ny, Elvis recorded "freddie bell and the bellboys version he heard them sing in las Vegas in 56.

Not quite. Presley’s inspiration came from a rewrite by a singer named Freddie Bell, who changed the original lyrics to include the now-familiar “Cryin’ all the time” and “You ain’t never caught a rabbit.” During his first Las Vegas engagement in the spring of 1956, Elvis Presley heard Freddie Bell and the Bellboys performing the reworked “Hound Dog” and added it to his repertoire almost immediately.

And the song was written by Leiber & Stoller who wrote tons of hits, including for Elvis.

Absolutely 💯

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I'm thinking you mean Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She played a Gibson SG.

@@kesleycottrell1416 oops Your Right there.

Thornton did play Drums and Harmonica, but not Guitar. [ it’s easy to confuse her with Sister Rosetta Tharp.]. 📻🙂

Or Wang Dang Doodle!! Love Koko Taylor!!!!❤️❤️

Hi. Can you point me to one of those recordings? I'm having trouble finding anything about her playing guitar.

@@jackgilchrist ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u53jcs3EYwg.html

Wow, took me a while to find it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y9a49oFalZE.html

Oops was wrong about her being left handed & playing the guitar upside down. Must’ve confused her with someone else!

She DID play Drums and Harmonica. 📻🙂

Actually, it was Pete "Guitar" Lewis.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was more known for guitar, I think.

Big Mama played Harp (Harmonica) quite well, and also drums but she didn't play guitar.

The great thing about becoming a fan of Elvis is learning more about all his influences, from blues to gospel to country to opera. But to be honest, I didn’t know anyone didn’t know about Big Mama Thornton.

Pretty much every white rock & roll musician/band up to the 1970s covered songs originally sung or composed by Black artistes.

I always wondered why when Elvis sang it, it sounded like it was written for a woman.

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Might wanna ease 'em into Ruth Brown before throwing a runaway-train-paced one like Hello Little Boy at them first lol!

He was covering Freddie Bell & The Bellboys version of the song

Damn right, some Son House, and of course the great Robert Johnson.

Man, when I was in college maybe half my CD changer was always Leadbelly. Also, since we did BB King, I feel like we need some Buddy Guy, too.

Hardly.

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee i totally agree with you about 80's music. Don't enjoy the channel as much anymore because they have been reacting to so much of it. Want to hear more of the 60's and 70's like they used to react to. So much to choose from. A lot more artists to discover

@@paulamelnyk986 There's some fantastic music and artists in the eighties mate.

BTW, Leiber & Stoller were ruthless music publishers who did write some great songs but also ripped off many black song writers, by purchasing their songs for cheap then claiming as their own.

@@FuturologyTheMusical Wow, I actually had heard Johnny Otis had ripped them off on Hound Dog. I would like to some research. Any recommends on some good reads on the subject?

Unfortunately Jay and Amber usually don't learn a song is a one hit wonder until after they react to it.

I like it

Good catch! That is indeed Josephine Baker.

Absolutely. That was the first thing I noticed. Great track, but that photo makes no sense.

Especially the live Gospel Time version from around 1960. The studio version from 1948 does not do the guitar justice. I don't think Jay will be able to keep from smiling when the solo starts. Even the optics of the lady in her church dress playing the guitar is delightful.