Don't Be Cruel (song)

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single song

"Don't Be Cruel" is a 1956 rock and roll song by Elvis Presley that became one of his signature hits and a defining record of early rock music.

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Label Occurrences
Don't Be Cruel (song) canonical 2
Don’t Be Cruel 2
"Don't Be Cruel" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Elvis Presley ⓘ
bSideOf Hound Dog ⓘ
certification RIAA Gold ⓘ
RIAA Platinum ⓘ
chartPosition US Billboard Best Sellers in Stores number 1 ⓘ
US Billboard Top 100 number 1 ⓘ
composer Otis Blackwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs defining record of early rock and roll ⓘ
doubleASideWith Hound Dog ⓘ
featuresMusician Bill Black ⓘ
D.J. Fontana ⓘ
Scotty Moore ⓘ
The Jordanaires ⓘ
firstReleasedInTerritory United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasBackingVocalsBy The Jordanaires ⓘ
hasCatalogNumber RCA Victor ⓘ
surface form: RCA Victor 47-6604
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasNotableCover Billy Swan version ⓘ
Cheap Trick version ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis version ⓘ
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
inductedInto Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame
inductionYear 2002 ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Elvis Presley ⓘ
label RCA Victor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 00:02:04 ⓘ
performer Elvis Presley ⓘ
producer Steve Sholes ⓘ
recordedAt RCA Studio B, Nashville ⓘ
recordingDate 1956-07-02 ⓘ
releaseDate 1956-07-13 ⓘ
side A-side on some pressings ⓘ
B-side on some pressings ⓘ
vocalist Elvis Presley ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUS 11 ⓘ
writer Otis Blackwell ⓘ
yearEndRanking Billboard year-end number 1 single of 1956 (US pop charts) ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don’t Be Cruel → hasSingle → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
Don’t Be Cruel → containsTrack → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
My Prerogative → precededBySingle → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Be Cruel (song)
Robert Barisford Brown → notableWork → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: song "Don't Be Cruel"
Robert Barisford Brown → notableTour → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Don't Be Cruel" world tour
Love Me Tender → precededBySingle → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Be Cruel
Larry White → notableWork → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Don't Be Cruel"
Hound Dog → ElvisPresleySingleA-SideWith → Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Be Cruel