[Fiji Hill]

Dog Songs from 1953

• Hound Dog--Willie Mae Thornton
  Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, who wrote the song, are the dogs barking in the background. They soon went on to far bigger and better things

• You Call Me a Hound Dog--Jimmy Wilson
  Answer to Hound Dog

• Bear Cat--Rufus Thomas
  A cat song, and an answer to Hound Dog

• The Doggie in the Window--Patti Page

• That Hound Dog in the Window--Homer & Jethro
  Answer to Hound Dog and Doggie in the Window

[sparklite2]

Was it Homer/Jethro who did ...

“I’ve got tears in my ears
from lying on my back as I
cried myself to sleep over you.”