Elvis WAS NOT the 1st person to sing this song. I heard it sung by a Black Woman in a 1930s Blues recording. THAT SAID, Elvis really made this song his OWN. He sold it. He played with it. He twerked it. He crooned it. He was a great blues, gospel, rockabilly, country and ballad singer. He was a Master entertainer. He really couldn't dance, LMAO.  But he was sexy and THAT made any movement he made, cool. HOUND DOG is a coded song about sex made into pop music gold played on radios and now sung by kids. THIS blows my mind.   

This song is so sad AND so exquisitely beautiful...........................................