Hound Dog - The Leiber & Stoller Collection

by Various Artists

How did two white teenagers start with a shared love of rhythm & blues in 1950 and go on to change popular music forever? The story could fill a book... and now, with Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography, it does. But, hearing is believing. Comic "playlets" laced with social commentary, crafted for the Robins and the Coasters; soulful romanticism coaxed from the Drifters and Ben E. King; and a salty blues written for "Big Mama" Thornton... they're all here, alongside the best reinterpretations that demonstrate the enduring power of the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.