Puts You There Where Things Are Hollow

On This Day In History
1952: Hound Dog is recorded for the first time by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

Quote Of The Day
On being asked how she felt about being paid $100 for Hound Dog and Elvis earning millions for it:
"I'm still here to spend my 100 bucks."
("Big Mama" Thornton)

So far as I know, there are no statues of "Big Mama" Thornton in existence.
Fortune and fame does not always bring happiness, as Elvis' life and death illustrate fairly clearly, I would say. Unfortunately, relative obscurity and poverty don't bring happiness either, as "Big Mama" Thornton's life and death also illustrate fairly clearly.

No fatuous moral lessons here, I’m afraid.

Hound Dog