ELVIS PRESLEY Released Hit Single ‘DON’T BE CRUEL’ Today 70 Years Ago
Top singles from the past
ELVIS PRESLEY released his hit single DON’T BE CRUEL (more than
221 million streams on Spotify) today 70 years ago, on 13 July 1956.
Must be the first time we have a 70-year-old song here on TUTV.
It was written by Otis Blackwell who was more than happy to give up 50% of the royalties and a co-writing credit to Presley to ensure that the “hottest new singer around covered it”. But unfortunately, he had already sold the song for only $25 ($289 in 2024), as he later stated in an interview.
