http://clarkspicks.com Real music video clips selected by a real disk jockey. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:44:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hound Dog was the first song produced by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller. Thornton has said that they brought the song in to the studio written on a brown paper bag. Thornton's 1952 slow blues version of Hound Dog sold two million copies. Elvis Presley's 1956 recording sold even more. ... http://clarkspicks.com/2008/05/12/big-mama-thornton-hound-dog/ Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was one of the first, if not the first person to record a hit record using an electric guitar, with his 1942 recording of "Mean Old World." (Ernest Tubb also has a claim to this distinction.) Walker's single note soloing style is being copied by blues ... http://clarkspicks.com/2008/05/11/t-bone-walker-stormy-monday/ I want to apologize to those Clark's Picks readers who have had their browsers freeze in the last week or so. It seem that I accidentally added an infinite recursion when I tried to put my blogroll in a scrolling text box. It didn't phase Firefox on either my Mac ... http://clarkspicks.com/2008/05/09/ie7-freezing-problem-solved/ Written by Harold Arlen and E. Y. "Yip" Harburg for the film "Wizard of Oz," "Over the Rainbow" is one of the most covered songs in popular music. I've even heard Ian Tyson sing it. It is the number one song on the "Songs of the Century" list compiled by ... http://clarkspicks.com/2008/05/08/judy-garland-over-the-rainbow/ Here is a video in which Eric talks about Robert Johnson's guitar playing a bit and then plays "Stones In My Passway" in Johnson's style - as best he can. Share This http://clarkspicks.com/2008/05/06/eric-clapton-stones-in-my-passway/