ELVIS PRESLEY RCA VICTOR EPA-940 DON’T BE CRUEL, HOUND DOG & MORE NEAR MINT

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ELVIS PRESLEY RCA VICTOR EPA-940 DON’T BE CRUEL, HOUND DOG & MORE!!  NEAR MINT!!

This is one of fourteen (14) individual RCA Victor Elvis Presley ‘EPA’ series 45 RPM records we are currently listing ‘auction style’ – all with jackets and mostly in at least excellent or better condition!!  We’ll be adding more classic 1950s 45s and 33 RPM records this week.  To conveniently see them all in one place, just visit our eBay store ‘Relics Depot’ and add it to your eBay ‘favorites’.

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·      "Don't Be Cruel" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is currently ranked as the 92nd greatest song of all time, as well as the fifth best song of 1956, by Acclaimed Music.[2]

"Don't Be Cruel" was the first song that Presley's song publishers, Hill and Range, brought to him to record. Blackwell 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".

Presley recorded the song on July 2, 1956 during an exhaustive recording session at RCA studios in New York City. During this session he also recorded "Hound Dog", and "Any Way You Want Me". The song featured Presley's regular band of Scotty Moore on lead guitar (with Presley usually providing rhythm guitar), Bill Black on bass, D.J. Fontana on drums, and backing vocals from the Jordanaires. The producing credit was given to RCA's Steve Sholes, although the studio recordings reveal that Presley produced the songs in this session by selecting the song, reworking the arrangement on piano, and insisting on 28 takes before he was satisfied with it.] He also ran through 31 takes of "Hound Dog".

·      "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton on August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records in February 1953. "Hound Dog" was Thornton's only hit record, spending 14 weeks in the R&B charts, including seven weeks at #1. It sold between 500,000 and 2 million copies. Credited with contributing to the evolution of R&B into rock, Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll", and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in February 2013.

Since its composition, "Hound Dog" has been recorded more than 250 times, and is one of the best known Rock & Roll songs. The best-known version of "Hound Dog" is the July 1956 recording by Elvis Presley that is ranked no. 19 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Presley's version, which sold an estimated 10 million copies globally, was his best-selling song, and "an emblem of the rock 'n' roll revolution". It was simultaneously no. 1 on the US pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956, and topped the pop chart for 11 weeks—a record that stood for 36 years. Presley's original 1956 RCA recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988, and is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".

·      "My Baby Left Me" is a rhythm and blues song written by blues singer Arthur Crudup in the late 1940s.

It gained further exposure in covers by Elvis Presley, who placed his version on the b-side to his 1956 single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"; by Wanda Jackson who often shared the same bill as Elvis Presley; by Creedence Clearwater Revival, who recorded it as a track on their 1970 album, Cosmo's Factory; and by John Lennon (incorrectly titled "Since My Baby Left Me"), recorded during the Rock 'n' Roll sessions in 1973, but only released posthumously on Menlove Ave. in 1986. It was also a # 37 UK chart hit in 1964 for Dave Berry and the Cruisers. Elton John used a snippet of "My Baby Left Me" as part of a medley (along with a snippet of the Beatles' "Get Back") during his concert performance of "Burn Down the Mission" on his "11-17-70" live album.

·      "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" is a popular song written by Maurice Mysels and Ira Kosloff. It is known best for being Elvis Presley's second RCA single release. It was released during May, 1956 becoming Presley's second #1 single scoring on the country music charts, and maximizing at #3 on the Billboard Top 100 popular music singles chart, an earlier version of the Billboard Hot 100. Before the creation of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during 1958, there were a number of charts including Jukebox plays, Store charts, and Airplay charts. The song scored #1 on the Billboard Top Sellers in Stores chart.

Upon our own close inspection, the record and jacket are offered in what we believe to be near mint condition.  There are no scratches on the record.  The jacket is in clean, very displayable condition with very little wear.  We highly encourage you to check our photos carefully for details.

A FINE VINTAGE ELVIS ‘45’ SPECIMEN WITH JACKET!!

IN GREAT CONDITION AND AWAITING ENTRY TO YOUR CLASSIC RECORD LIBRARY!!

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