Don't Be Cruel

This article is about the song by Elvis Presley. For the song and album by Bobby Brown, see Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song) and Don't Be Cruel (album). For the Japanese manga series by Yonezou Nekota, see Don't Be Cruel (manga).

"Don't Be Cruel"
US picture sleeve
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side"Hound Dog"
ReleasedJuly 13, 1956 (1956-07-13)
RecordedJuly 2, 1956
StudioRCA Victor, New York City
Genre
Length2:04
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Otis Blackwell
Producer(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
(1956) 		"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
(1956) 		"Blue Suede Shoes"
(1956)

"Don't Be Cruel" is a song that was recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956.[1] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

  1. ^ Victor (2008), The Elvis Encyclopedia, p.115-116