Legal name: Binnie Willie Mae Thornton

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1951Partnership BluesBig Mama Thornton1
1966Big Mama Thornton and the Chicago Blues BandBig Mama Thornton with The Muddy Waters Blues Band1
1966In EuropeBig Mama Thornton & The Chicago All Stars in Europe with The Muddy Waters Blues Band4
1967Big Mama the Queen at MontereyBig Mama Thornton2
1969Stronger Than DirtBig Mama Thornton1
1970The Way It IsBig Mama Thornton2
1971SavedBig Mama Thornton1
1975Sassy Mama!Big Mama Thornton1
2022Sassy Mama: Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz ClubBig Mama Thornton1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1989Ball n’ ChainBig Mama Thornton2
1990The Original Hound DogBig Mama Thornton1
1992Hound Dog: The Peacock RecordingsBig Mama Thornton1
1999"Hound Dog" The Essential CollectionBig Mama Thornton1
2000Big Mama Thornton: The Complete Vanguard RecordingsBig Mama Thornton1
2004Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Big Mama Thornton 1950-1953Big Mama Thornton1
2005They Called Me Big MamaBig Mama Thornton2
2006Big Mama Thornton BluesBig Mama Thornton1
2007Vanguard Visionaries - Big Mama ThorntonBig Mama Thornton1
2013Complete 1950–1961: Precious & RareBig Mama Thornton1
2014Rock-A-Bye Baby - The 1950-1961 recordingsBig Mama Thornton1
2017The Essential RecordingsBig Mama Thornton1
2019The Story of My Blues: The Complete Singles As & Bs (1951–1961)Big Mama Thornton1
2019The Very Best of Big Mama ThorntonBig Mama Thornton42
2020Anthology: Her Golden YearsBig Mama Thornton1
Big Mama SwingBig Mama Thornton1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1975JailBig Mama Thornton2
1993Live at NewportB.B. King, Big Mama Thornton & Muddy Waters1
1994The Rising Sun CollectionBig Mama Thornton2
2017Live At NewportB.B. King, Big Mama Thornton & Muddy Waters1
2021Have Mercy! (Live 1973)Big Mama Thornton1

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1951I'm All Fed Up / Partnership BluesWillie Mae Thornton1
1951No Jody for Me / Let Your Tears Fall BabyWillie Mae Thornton & Bill Harvey's Band1
1952Mischievous Boogie / Every Time I Think of YouWillie Mae Thornton & Joe Scott Orchestra1
1953Hound Dog / NightmareWillie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton2
1953Cotton Picking Blues / They Call Me Big MamaWillie May “Big Mama” Thornton1
1953I Ain’t No Fool Either / The Big ChangeWillie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton & Johnny Otis Orchestra1
1954I Smell a Rat / I’ve Searched the Whole World OverWillie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton & Johnny Otis Band1
1954Stop Hoppin’ on Me / Story of My BluesWillie Mae Thornton & Burt Kendricks & His Orchestra1
1955Tarzan and the Dignified Monkey / How ComeWillie Mae Thornton & Elroy Peace / Willie Mae Thornton & Bill Harvey’s Orchestra1
1955The Fish / Laugh, Laugh, LaughWillie M. Thornton & Bill Harvey’s Orchestra1
1957Just Like a Dog (Barking Up the Wrong Tree) / My Man Called MeWillie Mae Thornton & Johnny Otis Band2
1961You Did Me Wrong / Big Mama’s BluesWillie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton1

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