Night Mare / Hound Dog: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1953
• Published by: Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949
• Recorded by: Big Mama Thornton, American, 1926 - 1984
• 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
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.68.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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