Question: when was you ain't nothin but a hound dog released
Answer: Recorded originally by Willie Mae `` Big Mama '' Thornton on August 13 , 1952 , in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in late February 1953 , `` Hound Dog '' was Thornton 's only hit record , selling over 500,000 copies , spending 14 weeks in the R&B charts , including seven weeks at number one .