Don't Be Cruel

Single Information

	Name	Don't Be Cruel
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">Cover =
	Artist	Elvis Presley
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">from Album =
	Released	1956
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">Recorded =
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">Length = mm:ss
	Writer	Otis Blackwell
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">Certification =
		"" class="copylinks" target="_blank">This single =

"Don't Be Cruel" is a song by Otis Blackwell , which was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956 . It was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2002 . In 2004 it was listed number 197 in '' Rolling Stone '' magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time .

The song, listed as "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" at the time of its release, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending August 18 , 1956 , and remained in the pole position for 11 consecutive weeks, the longest stay at number one by a single record until 1992's smash " End Of The Road " by Boyz II Men .

Cheap Trick did a cover version of "Don't Be Cruel" in 1988 , which was a #4 hit in the United States .

Information About