Object Details
- 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].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Published by
- Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949
- Recorded by
- Big Mama Thornton, American, 1926 - 1984
- Date
- 1953
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- vinyl with ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9 7/8 × 1/16 in. (25.1 × 0.2 cm)
- Type
- 78 rpm records
