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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 .
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 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.
"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]
Elvis Aaron Presley [a] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the " King of Rock and Roll ", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century .
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]
The Elvis Presley official website recounts: Released just one year after his last studio album, Pot Luck was the product of a two-night Nashville session in March. All the songs were newly written save for the Leiber-Stoller catalog composition "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello," which Hill and Range rep Freddy Bienstock was so convinced was going ...
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.