Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton

Big Mama Thornton

Living place: Alabama

Birthday: 11-12-1926 (98 years old)

Population of US 1926: 117,397,000

Global rank: #33859

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Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton profile

Who is Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton?
American blues singer most widely remembered for his 1952 hit "Hound Dog," which became a huge hit for Elvis Presley three years later. She was nominated for six Blues Music Awards during her career and was inducted into both the Blues Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She became known for subverting many of her time-honored expectations, often wearing the traditional clothes worn by men during her performances.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She dropped out of school after her mother's death and started working at a local pub. She left her family in 1940 and joined the Sammy Greens Hot Harlem Revue.

Family life info

Her birth name was Willie Mae Thornton. She was one of seven children born to a minister and a church singer.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton?
Like "Hound Dog", the song "Chang Ball 'N'" was later made famous by another singer, Janis Joplin.

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Summary of Big Mama Thornton profile

When was Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton born?
Big Mama Thornton birthday 11-12-1926 (at the age of 98).
Where is Blue Music Singer Big Mama Thornton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Big Mama Thornton was born in Alabama, . is a Blue Music Singer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Big Mama Thornton's global rank is 33859 and whose rank is 22 in list of famous Blue Music Singer. Population of US in 1926 is about 117,397,000 persons.
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Events in 1926 and 11-12

Events in US in the birth year of Big Mama Thornton

  • U.S. troops land in Nicaragua (May 2) to preserve order after a revolt against the new president Emiliano Chamorro.
  • Father Coughlin makes his first radio broadcast, beginning his 20-year career of racist and right-wing polemics.

Birthday Big Mama Thornton (11-12) in history

  • Day 11-12 year 1816: Indiana became the 19th state.
  • Day 11-12 year 1844: Nitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.
  • Day 11-12 year 1936: King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of Britain for the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
  • Day 11-12 year 1941: Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
  • Day 11-12 year 1946: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.
  • Day 11-12 year 1994: Russian troups invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow's power in the region.
  • Day 11-12 year 1997: Housing secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice, and false statements to the FBI.
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