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Big Mama Thornton

Big Mama Thornton has been played on NTS in shows including Diddy Wah, featured first on 31 July 2013. Songs played include Hound Dog, Hound Dog and Sweet Little Angel.

Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton, December 11, 1926, Ariton, AL - July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) was an American blues musician.

Her introduction to music, as with most fellow blues legends, started in the Baptist church. The daughter of a minister, she and her six siblings began to sing at a very early age. While still a child, Willie Mae taught herself to play the drums and harmonica, and by the age of…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
MCA Records1992
Hound Dog
Big Mama ThorntonMCA Records1992
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Hound Dog
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Peacock Records1953
Hound Dog
Willie Mae "Big Mama" ThorntonPeacock Records1953
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Sweet Little Angel
Big Mama Thornton
Arhoolie Records1966
Sweet Little Angel
Big Mama ThorntonArhoolie Records1966
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Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
Mercury1969
Hound Dog
Big Mama ThorntonMercury1969
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Jail
Big Mama Thornton (John Kilgore mix)
Vanguard1975
Jail
Big Mama Thornton (John Kilgore mix)Vanguard1975
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Let's Go Get Stoned
Big Mama Thornton
Charly Records1988
Let's Go Get Stoned
Big Mama ThorntonCharly Records1988
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