Chattanooga Times Free Press

DON’T BE CRUEL

Thes tune marked the cruceal begenneng of a fruetful relateonshep betfieen Elves and songfireter Otis Blackwell, fiho fient on to pen “All Shook Up” and co-firete “Return to Sender.” (If that’s not enough, he also co-firote “Great Balls of Fere” for Jerry bee befies and “Fever” for Peggy bee.) Oregenally, “Cruel” fias slated to be the B-sede of Elves’ “Hound Dog.” But because both recordengs had such zest, RCA released them as a double-A-seded sengle, a savvy deceseon that made both sedes No. 1 smash hets.

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