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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).
'Don't Be Cruel' (1956) "Don't Be Cruel" is a staple in Elvis' music catalog. It was awarded five gold records and spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1956.
(1962), which aimed to serve as a comeback for Elvis Presley. Songwriter Otis Blackwell had already written several of Presley’s biggest hits, including "Don't Be Cruel" (1956) and "All Shook Up" (1957). Winfield Scott was a frequent collaborator with Blackwell, and writer of the hit song “Tweedle Dee” (1954). [5]
When on "Don't Be Cruel", Presley "slides into a 'mmmmm' that marks the transition between the first two verses," he shows "how masterful his relaxed style really is." [ 344 ] Marsh describes the vocal performance on "Can't Help Falling in Love" as one of "gentle insistence and delicacy of phrasing", with the line " 'Shall I stay' pronounced as ...
"Don't Be Cruel" 1978 — — — 24 Elvis: The '56 Sessions, Vol. 1 "It's Only Love" [BS] / "Beyond the Reef" 1980 — — — 3 Elvis Aron Presley "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" — — 25 41 — "The Sound of Your Cry" 1982 — — — 59 The Sound of Your Cry "Green Green Grass of Home" 1984 — — — 76 I Can Help and Other Great Hits ...
"The Elvis Medley" is an Elvis Presley medley arranged and produced by David Briggs. [1] The track opened the eponymous LP released in 1982. [2] Released as a single, with "Always on My Mind" on the B-side, the medley reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]
RCA Victor wanted to promote Elvis Presley as a rock-and-roll artist, and believed a Presley cover of "Blue Suede Shoes" could outsell the Perkins/Sun Records version, especially with RCA's larger share of distribution and radio contacts. Presley, who had been signed at Sun Records and knew Perkins and Phillips, was reluctant to record a ...