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Big Mama Thornton, vero nome Willie Mae Thornton (Montgomery, 11 dicembre 1926 – Los Angeles, 25 luglio 1984), è stata una cantautrice statunitense di musica blues. Sebbene lodata dai critici musicali per la sua voce forte e potente e per le sue esibizioni dal vivo piene di passione, non ha mai riscosso un grande successo commerciale.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter of the blues and R&B.
1 mag 2011 · Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 -- July 25, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. She was the first to record the hit song "Hound Dog" in...
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18 gen 2023 · Big Mama Thornton è una delle figure più influenti di tutta la storia del rock, anche se non avete mai sentito parlare di lei. Nata Willie Mae Thornton ad Ariton, Alabama, nel 1926, Big Mama fu tra le prime donne a far capire ai maschi dell’epoca come si canta il rock.
14 mag 2024 · Big Mama Thornton (born December 11, 1926, Ariton, Alabama, U.S.—died July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was an influential American singer and songwriter whose gritty vocals and instrumental style had tremendous influence on blues, R&B, and rock and roll.
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1 ago 2022 · Big Mama Thornton sings 'Hound Dog' from her 1969 Mercury album 'Stronger Than Dirt'. Her earlier 1953 Peacock Records version was a no. one R&B hit made even more famous by the later Elvis...
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2 nov 2023 · In 1969, when the Alabama blues pioneer Big Mama Thornton inked a deal with Chicago’s Mercury Records to record her third album, Stronger Than Dirt, she was 42 years old and trying to revive...
