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"Don't Be Cruel" was the first song that Elvis Presley's song publishers, Hill & Range, brought to him to record. [2] Otis Blackwell was more than happy to give up 50% of the royalties and a co-writing credit to Presley to ensure that the "hottest new singer around covered it". [1]
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).
Love Songs (1998) Greatest Jukebox Hits is a compilation album by American rock musician Elvis Presley, ... Don't Be Cruel – 2:03; Hound Dog – 2:17;
Elvis Presley went to hear Jackie Wilson and the Dominoes in Las Vegas in 1956 and was so impressed with Wilson's singing that he went back to Sun Studios and cut the Million Dollar Quartet's version [15] of "Don't Be Cruel". Presley introduced the song by saying how Wilson sang it much better and then proceeded to do an impersonation of the ...
The title which most critics seem to highlight is Presley's rendition of "Don't Be Cruel", one of his major hits of 1956 (see 1956 in music). This is not Presley singing Presley, but his imitation of Jackie Wilson , then the lead singer with Billy Ward and His Dominoes .
The latter two, contracted to Hill and Range, the publishing company of Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, would write dozens of songs for Presley through the 1960s. Also included was the song with which Presley won second prize at a fair in Tupelo when he was ten years old, Red Foley's 1941 country song, "Old Shep."
Heartland is the third studio album by American country music duo The Judds, released on February 3, 1987 by RCA Records.It features the singles "Don't Be Cruel" (the Elvis Presley song), "Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues", "Turn It Loose", and "I Know Where I'm Going".
Single by Elvis Presley; from the album The Elvis Medley ; ... "Don't Be Cruel (to a Heart That's True)" ... US Hot Country Songs [7] 31 References