<sod>Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is credited with "helping to spur the evolution of black R&B into rock music".<ref name="Randy MacNutt 1999"/> [[Brandeis University]] professor Stephen J. Whitefield, in his 2001 book, ''In Search of American Jewish Culture'', regards "Hound Dog" as significant, as it "marked the success of race-mixing in music a year before the [[desegregation]] of public schools was mandated"<ref>Stephen J. Whitfield, ''In Search of American Jewish Culture'' (UPNE, 2001):162.</ref> in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]''. Leiber regarded the original recording by the 350-pound "blues belter" Big Mama Thornton as his favorite version,<ref name="telegraph1" /><ref name="bluesworld1921" /> while Stoller said, "If I had to name my favorite recordings, I'd say they are Big Mama Thornton's 'Hound Dog' and [[Peggy Lee]]'s '[[Is That All There Is?]]'"<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Pierette Domenica|title=Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History|year=2008|publisher=Morgan James Publishing|isbn=978-1600374609|page=161}}</ref> <eod>
<sod>Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is credited with "helping to spur the evolution of black R&B into rock music".<ref name="Randy MacNutt 1999"/> [[Brandeis University]] professor Stephen J. Whitefield, in his 2001 book, ''In Search of American Jewish Culture'', regards "Hound Dog" as significant, as it "marked the success of race-mixing in music a year before the [[desegregation]] of public schools was mandated"<ref>Stephen J. Whitfield, ''In Search of American Jewish Culture'' (UPNE, 2001):162.</ref> in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]''. Leiber regarded the original recording by the 350-pound "blues belter" Big Mama Thornton as his favorite version,<ref name="telegraph1" /><ref name="bluesworld1921" /> while Stoller said, "If I had to name my favorite recordings, I'd say they are Big Mama Thornton's 'Hound Dog' and [[Peggy Lee]]'s '[[Is That All There Is?]]'"<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Pierette Domenica|title=Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History|year=2008|publisher=Morgan James Publishing|isbn=978-1600374609|page=161}}</ref><eod>