It was Monophonic, the record player, long before stereos came into being. I was four years old. It was 1964. In 1956 Elvis Presley made a hit out of Hound Dog. It went like this:
At four I can't recall much but I do recall my Brother Steve in his Senior Year. I remember him coming to me.
"Danny, do you want to lessen to Elvis playing Hound Dog."
I told him I did.
Hound Dog would be something odd. I don’t now who Elvis was. But my brother was going to show me. He had a 45rpm, and he wiggled it from it sleeve. He placed it on the record player.
And hit the stylus, it went pop and then:
You aint nothin but a hound dog
Cryin all the time.
You aint nothin but a hound dog
Cryin all the time.
Well, you aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.
We played it twice. We were going to try it a third time but Mom put an end to it. Hound Dog was Elvis playing Rock and Roll. It hit me to my bones. I was never the same after that. I never saw that 45rpm again. Steve new it, the Hound Dog new it, I new it, Elvis new it. I would be hooked.
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