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"Don't Be Cruel" made No. 14 on the Dutch Nationale Hitparade in May 1975. [6] His next record, a remake of his 1960 debut song "Tribute to Buddy Holly", hit No. 2 in October of that same year. [ 6 ] In 1977, "I'm a Rocker", released on Flemish record label Scramble Records (owned by Radio Mi Amigo DJ Norbert), failed to chart.
"Don't Be Cruel" is a song that was recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956. [1] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .
Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an American songwriter whose work influenced rock and roll.His compositions include "Fever" (recorded by Little Willie John), "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless" (recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis), "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up", and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield Scott; recorded by Elvis Presley), and "Handy Man" (recorded by Jimmy Jones).
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Bobby Brown, however, heard a demo of the song and liked it instantly, which led to its inclusion on Don't Be Cruel. [3] Brown popularized the Roger Rabbit dance (aka the "backwards" running man), [citation needed] as performed in the music video for the song, [4] along with the Gumby-style hi-top fade. [5]
"Don't Be Cruel" was Brown's second single to reach the top position of the R&B chart, where it remained for two weeks.As a pop crossover, it rose from number 59 to number 49, on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, on the week of August 13, 1988, and took two months to peak at number eight on the week of October 15, 1988.
"Rock Wit'cha" is the fifth and final single released by Bobby Brown from the album Don't Be Cruel. It is a ballad with two versions of the song. The music video uses the remix version found in the Dance!...Ya Know It! album. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1989.
Two tracks on the album previously appeared on multi-artist tribute albums: the rendition of The Band's "The Weight" previously appeared on the 1994 album Rhythm, Country and Blues [1] and the rendition of "Don't Be Cruel" previously appeared on the 1994 album It's Now or Never: The Tribute to Elvis. [1] "The Likes of Me" and "If I Ain't Got ...