The breed enjoyed a significant bump in public awareness and popularity when Time magazine features a basset hound puppy on its Feb. 27, 1928, cover to accompany an article about the Westminster dog show.
Leiber and Stoller’s song “Hound Dog” is not about an actual dog at all, of course.
But when Elvis recorded the song in 1956, he performed a version that changed the lyrics significantly, so it didn’t seem like such a stretch when, performing on “The Steve Allen Show,” he sang the song to a basset hound wearing a top hat.
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