Otis Blackwell

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composer human rock and roll songwriter songwriter

Otis Blackwell was an influential American songwriter and pianist best known for penning several of Elvis Presley’s biggest hits and shaping the sound of early rock and roll.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
rock and roll songwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
birthDate 1931-02-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2002-05-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Blackwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Otis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadCollaboration Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Elvis Presley’s musical style ⓘ
influencedGenre early rock and roll ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
name Otis Blackwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor shaping the sound of early rock and roll ⓘ
writing several of Elvis Presley’s biggest hits ⓘ
notableWork All Shook Up NERFINISHED ⓘ
Breathless NERFINISHED ⓘ
Don’t Be Cruel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fever NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return to Sender NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
songPopularizedBy All Shook Up – Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Breathless – Jerry Lee Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fever – Peggy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return to Sender – Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteSong All Shook Up NERFINISHED ⓘ
Breathless NERFINISHED ⓘ
Don’t Be Cruel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fever NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return to Sender NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Don't Be Cruel (song) → writer → Otis Blackwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
Don't Be Cruel (song) → composer → Otis Blackwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
Handy Man → originalSongwriter → Otis Blackwell ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" → composer → Otis Blackwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" → lyricist → Otis Blackwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Balls of Fire