Big Mama Thornton, whose hit single"Hound Dog" was covered by Elvis, will be honored by a new museum in her hometown of Ariton, Alabama.ARITON, Ala. - A new museum that pays tribute to blues music is coming to Ariton.“That was her hang-out spot. She sat on the bench up there and played the harmonica,” Chairman Steve Mckinnon with the Dale Commission said.
Benjamin Key, a distant relative of Thornton and an Ariton councilman has been spearheading the effort to convert the station into a museum.
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