| "Don't Be Cruel" |
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| B-side | "Hound Dog" |
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| Released | July 13, 1956 (1956-07-13) |
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| Recorded | July 2, 1956 |
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| Studio | RCA (New York City) |
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| Genre |
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| Length | 2:04 |
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| Label | RCA Victor |
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| Songwriter(s) | Otis Blackwell |
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| Producer(s) |
- Stephen H. Sholes
- Elvis Presley
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"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
(1956)
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"Don't Be Cruel"
(1956)
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"Blue Suede Shoes"
(1956)
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"Don't Be Cruel" is a 1956 song by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell. It went to number 1 in the United States along with Hound Dog for 11 weeks and held the record for the most weeks at #1 until 1992. It also went to number 24 in the United Kingdom in 1978 and has been covered by numerous artists including Cheap Trick in 1988 where it went to number 4 in the United Kingdom.
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| 1954 |
- "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine"
- "Milkcow Blues Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker"
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| 1955 | |
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| 1956 |
- "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One"
- "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me"
- "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
- "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti"
- "Money Honey"
- "I Got a Woman"
- "Tryin' to Get to You"
- "Blue Moon"
- "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
- "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
- "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me"
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| 1957 |
- "Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps"
- "All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin"
- "Peace in the Valley"
- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You"
- "Paralyzed" (UK)
- "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice"
- "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
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| 1958 |
- "Don't" / "I Beg of You"
- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time"
- "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "King Creole" (UK)
- "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
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| 1959 |
- "I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I"
- "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
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| 1960 |
- "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune"
- "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues"
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know"
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| 1961 | |
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| 1962 |
- "Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You"
- "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello"
- "King of the Whole Wide World"
- "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
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| 1963 |
- "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
- "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
- "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
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| 1964 |
- "Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me"
- "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion"
- "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say"
- "Such a Night" / "Never Ending"
- "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby"
- "Blue Christmas"
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| 1965 |
- "Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone"
- "Crying in the Chapel
- "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right"
- "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway"
- "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
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| 1966 |
- "Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
- "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
- "Love Letters"
- "Spinout" / "All That I Am"
- "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
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| 1967 |
- "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love"
- "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK)
- "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget"
- "There's Always Me" / "Judy"
- "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
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| 1968 |
- "Guitar Man"
- "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away"
- "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
- "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go"
- "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation"
- "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
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| 1969 |
- "Memories" / "Charro"
- "How Great Thou Art"
- "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now"
- "Clean Up Your Own Backyard"
- "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me"
- "Don't Cry Daddy"
- "Rubberneckin'"
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| 1970 |
- "Kentucky Rain"
- "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses"
- "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love"
- "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
- "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
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| 1971 |
- "Rags to Riches"
- "Life" / "Only Believe"
- "I'm Leavin'"
- "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry"
- "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
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| 1972 | |
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| 1973 |
- "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool"
- "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
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| 1974 |
- "Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
- "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
- "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
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| 1975 |
- "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
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| 1976 |
- "For the Heart" / "Hurt"
- "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
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| 1977 | |
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| 1978 | |
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Posthumous
singles |
- "Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978)
- "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire"
- "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body"
- "Guitar Man"
- "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To"
- "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982)
- "The Elvis Medley"
- "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983)
- "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996)
- "Blue Christmas" (1998)
- "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix)
- "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008)
- "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008)
- "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)
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The Judds singles |
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| Wynonna & Naomi |
- "Had a Dream (For the Heart)"
- "Mama He's Crazy"
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| Why Not Me | |
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| Rockin' with the Rhythm |
- "Have Mercy"
- "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)"
- "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain"
- "Cry Myself to Sleep"
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| Heartland |
- "Don't Be Cruel"
- "I Know Where I'm Going"
- "Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues"
- "Turn It Loose"
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| Greatest Hits |
- "Give a Little Love"
- "Change of Heart"
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| Christmas Time with The Judds | |
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| River of Time |
- "Young Love (Strong Love)"
- "Water of Love"
- "Let Me Tell You About Love"
- "One Man Woman"
- "Guardian Angels"
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| Love Can Build a Bridge | |
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| Greatest Hits Volume Two | |
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| Big Bang Boogie | |
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| I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection | |
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The Residents |
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| Studio albums |
- Meet the Residents
- The Third Reich 'n Roll
- Fingerprince
- Not Available
- Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen
- Eskimo
- Commercial Album
- Mark of the Mole
- The Tunes of Two Cities
- Title in Limbo
- George & James
- The Big Bubble
- Stars & Hank Forever
- God in Three Persons
- Buckaroo Blues
- The King & Eye
- Freak Show
- Our Finest Flowers
- Gingerbread Man
- Have a Bad Day
- Wormwood
- Demons Dance Alone
- 12 Days of Brumalia
- Animal Lover
- Tweedles
- The Voice of Midnight
- The Bunny Boy
- The Ughs!
- Lonely Teenager
- Coochie Brake
- The Ghost of Hope
- Intruders
- Metal, Meat & Bone
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| Soundtracks |
- Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?
- The Census Taker
- Hunters
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| Singles and extended plays |
- Santa Dog
- "Satisfaction"
- "The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles"
- Duck Stab!
- "Santa Dog '78"
- Babyfingers
- Diskomo
- The Commercial Single
- Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show
- "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
- "Kaw-Liga"
- For Elsie
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- The Snakey Wake
- "Santa Dog 88"
- "Don't Be Cruel"
- Prelude to "The Teds"
- Pollex Christi
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| Live albums |
- The Mole Show Live at the Roxy
- The 13th Anniversary Show Live in the U.S.A.
- Cube E: Live in Holland
- Live at the Fillmore
- Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions
- Wormwood Live
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| Compilations |
- The Residents Radio Special
- Residue of the Residents
- Assorted Secrets
- Liver Music
- Residue Deux
- Refused
- Dot.Com
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| Videos and films |
- Twenty Twisted Questions
- Icky Flix
- Eskimo
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| CD-ROMs |
- Freak Show
- Gingerbread Man
- Bad Day on the Midway
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| Remix albums |
- WB: RMX
- The King & Eye: RMX
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| Demo albums |
- The Warner Bros. Album
- Baby Sex
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| Related articles |
- Ralph Records
- Hardy Fox
- Snakefinger
- Vileness Fats
- Graeme Whifler
- Renaldo and the Loaf
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