His raunchy 1956 song “Hound Dog” (originally recorded in a blues style by Big Mama Thornton in 1953) was co-written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Songfacts reveals that:

“When the line “You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog” popped into Jerry Leiber’s head, he considered “hound dog” a placeholder phrase. “I wanted something that was a lot more insinuating,” he said in More Songwriters on Songwriting. “I wanted something that was sexy.”

“Hound Dog” – Elvis Presley [Link to Song]

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We then hear the same recurrent themes in the Rolling Stones’ 1967 “Let’s Spend the Night Together”.

“Let’s Spend The Night Together” – Rolling Stones [Link to Song]

Research shows that this song was fairly controversial in the US due it’s mild sexual suggestions. Sex was and is somehow bad in a country where a large portion of the population believes that Jesus is retuning to Earth in their lifetime. In fact, The Stones were forced to change the lyrics to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together” when they performed on Ed Sullivan’s Show.

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