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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).
In 1999, the band recorded a cover of Big Star's 1972 song "In the Street" that was used as the theme song for the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. Cheap Trick ended the song with the lyric "We're all all right," which was drawn from their own 1978 song "Surrender". [37] Vocalist Robin Zander performing at Gulfstream Park in 1999.
"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.
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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 .
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]
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 ...