‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton
- Posted on April 10, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton
Gay, fearless and utterly unique, Thornton had a hit with Hound Dog before Elvis – but was then fleeced and forgotten. One hundred years after her birth, a new documentary sets the record straight
