Big Mama Thornton bridged the gap between the blues and rock & roll with her brilliant vocal performances on songs like “Hound Dog” and “Ball N’ Chain.” More on rockhall.com...
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Books from the Library's collection can be found here.
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters by 
A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis and the song that changed everything by 
Fictional Blues: narrative self-invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White by 
She's a Rebel: the history of women in rock & roll by Video from the Library's collection can be found here.
The American folk blues festival, 1962-1966. Volume two by Commercial audio from the Library's collection can be found here.
Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.
Free articles are available on Rock's Backpages through the Free on RBP link. The articles below may require you to be on-site at the Library & Archives in order to read them.
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