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"Hard Headed Woman" is a rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, [1] [2] Presley's publishing company, in 1958. It is an American 12-bar blues written by African American songwriter Claude Demetrius .
A version of the song, recorded on August 26, 1969, and documenting Presley altering the words of the narration ("Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair") and laughing through the rest of the bridge, was released in 1980 as part of the Elvis Aron Presley box set. [40] The soprano backing is by Cissy Houston.
"Don't Ask Me Why" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture King Creole. It was written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music). [1] [2] In 1958 the song was released on a single as a flipside to "Hard Headed Woman", [3] [4] another song from the same movie. [5]
The songs "Hard Headed Woman" and "Don't Ask Me Why" appeared as two sides of a single on July 10, 1958, to coincide with the release of the film. "Hard Headed Woman", the A-side, and "Don't Ask Me Why" both made the pop singles chart, peaking at number one and number 25 respectively.
The 2014 book The Elvis Movies called "Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)" "probably the best song in the movie" Double Trouble. [4] The 2013 book Elvis Music FAQ concluded: "Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)" is tolerable faux hard rock. "The guitar is dirty, but the lick is humdrum, and Elvis sounds detached.
In 1958, Demetrius scored his biggest success of all with his composition of "Hard Headed Woman." Demetrius wrote it for Presley's 1958 film King Creole. Both numbers were part of the soundtrack, but "Hard Headed Woman" and not the title song was released as the representative 45rpm single. The recording reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began to certify gold albums and singles in 1958, [33] and Elvis Presley's first RIAA award, a gold single for "Hard Headed Woman", was certified on August 11, 1958. [34]
Jerry Chesnut wrote the song in 1975, taking inspiration from a singer and pianist named Little David Wilkins. He said that, when writing the title, he thought of a woman walking through the door and causing trouble; he added that he spelled out the word "trouble", then the words "alone" and "looking", and found that they rhymed when spelled ...