78 RPM - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel - RCA Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Elvis Presley
Label:	RCA Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	20-6604
Date:	13 Jul 1956
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	32 Own, 5 Want
Price Guide:	$75
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PRICE GUIDE

$75

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	10.0 Rate
B	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Otis Blackwell	10.0 Rate

Notes

Personnel:
Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); Scotty Moore (guitar); Bill Black (bass); D. J. Fontana (drums); The Jordanaires (background vocals).

A mx: G2WB-5935; B mx: G2WB-5936.
Recorded New York, NY, July 2, 1956.

Billboard, July 21, 1956, page 44: Review Spotlight on Records.

Also issued on 45 RPM as 47-6604

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Comments and Reviews


Antoon Van Olderen SUBS 15th Apr 2024



W.B.lbl 8th Jun 2021		Wouldn't surprise me. Small wonder that, by 1957, Bert-Co switched what fonts they used for RCA Victor 45's and 78's. For the publishers, songwriting, artist and running times, they used 6 point Metromedium No. 2. (Come '57, music publishing and songwriting would be set in 6 point Gothic Condensed No. 4B - which as of this period, was only used for the New Orthophonic blurb.) The matrix numbers were in 6 point Metroblack No. 2. The rest were 10 point Trade Gothic Condensed, except '78 RPM' set in 10 point Trade Gothic Bold Condensed. (Compare to "Hard Headed Woman," the {Image #893328}, which was also Bert-Co.)



xiphophilos 8th Jun 2021		Before any of you collapse from a lack of oxygen, here are my Hollywood labels. The runouts of my version are: A side runout: G2 WB 5935-8S H A⥜ B side runout: G2 WB 5936-8S H A⥜ (the ⥜ represents a mirror-inverted American Typewriter 1). Note that this Hollywood version uses full stops after all abbreviated words in the publisher credits: "Lion Pub. Co." & "Shalimar Mus. Corp." I've seen another Hollywood variant that leaves some of them out: "Lion Pub Co." & "Shalimar Mus Corp."



W.B.lbl 7th Jun 2021		I can say with certainty that {Images #2664525 & 2664526} is Indianapolis. I would appreciate any deadwax numbers of each Indy variant to determine which came first. However, I should note that earlier in 1956, Indy 78 labels had the left and right sides lower than the area round the spindle hole, and later in the year the left and right sides of text were shifted more towards the hole center as seen on {Images #413385 & 413384}. Now we're all waiting with baited breath for any Hollywood variants with "78 RPM" above the "New Orthophonic" language - and "His Master's Voice" right below Nipper.



xiphophilos 7th Jun 2021		Images 2664525 and 2664526 lack the phrase "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity that is on all the other Color Nipper labels but otherwise it looks like the Indianapolis pressing {images 413385 and 413384}. Is it also an Indianapolis pressing, just earlier?



Mike Gann 26th Dec 2020		Variant label images added for both sides



xiphophilos 12th Sep 2020		"Hound Dog" (Hollywood pressing): You ain't nothing but a hound dog, Crying all the time. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, Crying all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine. When they said you was high-classed, Well, that was just a lie. Yeah, they said you was high-classed, Well, that was just a lie. Yeah, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine.



xiphophilos 12th Sep 2020		"Don't Be Cruel" (Hollywood pressing): You know I can be found, sitting home all alone, If you can't come around, at least please telephone. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Baby, if I made you mad for something I might have said, Please, let's forget the past, the future looks bright ahead. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of. Don't stop thinking of me, don't make me feel this way. Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Why should we be apart? I really love you, Baby, cross my heart. Let's walk up to the preacher and let us say I do. Then you'll know you'll have me, and I'll know that I'll have you. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of.



xiphophilos 12th Sep 2020		Elvis with "Hound Dog" sung to a real hound on the July 1, 1956 Steve Allen Show:



xiphophilos 12th Sep 2020		Elvis Presley performing "Hound Dog" on the Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956:



xiphophilos 18th Jun 2016		Some background info with a picture of the original RCA single sleeve, which lists "Hound Dog" first, then "Don't Be Cruel" as the flip side: http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/hound-dog.html.