August 16, 2012
No. 5: "Don't Be Cruel" was released on July 13, 1956 and spent six weeks on the Pop chart. Written by Otis Blackwell, the song earned a place in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it as No. 92 on its list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. *** Elvis Presley poses with his Gibson J-200 guitar in an MGM studio publicity photo from the 1950s.
