LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Elvis made it famous, but he was not the first to record the iconic song “Hound Dog.” In fact, only a chance encounter here in Las Vegas led him to make the record in the first ...
Big Mama Thornton’s biggest hit was far and away her 1952 recording of “Hound Dog” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The press lauded the track as the top blues song in the country, spurring countless ...
Nearly 30 years after his death, Liberace’s mark on the Las Vegas Strip continues to shine through a collection of instruments, costumes and artifacts that made him an icon.