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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.
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.
Yesterday, more than 40 artists joined forces for CatSong Festival — a virtual tribute to Yusuf/Cat Stevens in honor of the 50th anniversary of his 1970 albums Tea for the Tillerman and Mona ...
"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]
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 by Elvis Presley was a platinum record. Initially released as B-side to "I Need Your Love Tonight", it reached number one in the UK as an A-side single. Presley's recording reached number two in the United States (stalled behind the Fleetwoods' "Come Softly to Me"). [5]
According to Susan M. Doll in her book Understanding Elvis, the song "features a common characteristic of country music — the passive acceptance of the singer's fate and the subsequent melancholy it brings," as the person who sings the song "passively resigns himself to the fact" that his girl is gone.