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Night Mare / Hound Dog

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Published by
Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949
Recorded by
Big Mama Thornton, American, 1926 - 1984
Description
A black vinyl record with a red label at its center filled with silver text. Above the record's center is the record label logo, an illustrated peacock perched on the "c" in "Peacock" of the text [Peacock RECORDS]. Beneath the record's center it lists the song title and its production information; one side reads [HOUND DOG / (J. Leiber - M. Stroller - J. Otis) / WILLIE MAE / "Big Mama" THORNTON / Kansas City Bill & Orchestra]. The other side reads [Night Mare (J. Leiber - M. Stroller - J. Otis) / WILLIE MAE / "Big Mama" THORNTON / Kansas City Bill & Orchestra]. Text aligned with the arc beneath the song title reads [PEACOCK RECORDING CO. 4104 LYONS AVE. HOUSTON, TEXAS].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
1953
Object number
2016.68.12
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
78 rpm records
Medium
vinyl with ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 7/8 × 1/16 in. (25.1 × 0.2 cm)
Place depicted
Houston, Texas, United States, North and Central America
See more items in
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Record Albums
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Rhythm and blues (Music)
Rock and roll (Music)
Singers (Musicians)
Record ID
nmaahc_2016.68.12
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59284cf81-53ff-4452-9084-1a6c6c6819df

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