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"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).
Don't: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller: 1958: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong – Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2: Don't Ask Me Why: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman: 1958: King Creole: Don't Be Cruel: Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley: 1956: Elvis' Golden Records: Don't Cry Daddy: Mac Davis: 1969: Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Volume 1: Don't Forbid Me ...
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
Don't (Elvis Presley song) Don't Ask Me Why (Elvis Presley song) Don't Be Cruel; Don't Cry Daddy; Don't Forbid Me; Don't Leave Me Now (Elvis Presley song) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Doncha' Think It's Time; Double Trouble (Elvis Presley song) Down by the Riverside; Down in the Alley; Drums of the Islands
The first four discs present the Elvis masters in chronological session order. Disc one commences with "My Happiness", a private test demo from the summer of 1953 at Sun Studio and the first recording ever made by Presley, and continues with the complete Sun Records masters through track 19.
All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro.. The show concerns the repressed residents of an unnamed American town in the 1950s who experience an awakening when a leather-clad guitar-strumming roustabout rolls into town.
On a Wikipedia page on the category of anti-war songs, "Don't Be Cruel" is on the list. Huh? Also, it's categorized in one of the boxes on the bottom of the "Don't Be Cruel" page as such- "Anti-War Songs". Could someone please explain how "Don't Be Cruel" could be an "anti-war song"? It must be someone's idea of a joke. I don't get it.