Modified: December 9, 2011

Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog 

         Release: RCA Victor 47-6604 Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 7/13/1956

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. Don't Be Cruel on top.1

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. Hound Dog on top.

47 6604 side1 noline i small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)47 6604 side2 noline i small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (7/1956). Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. Small font. On the Don't Be Cruel side, Shalimar Music Corp. & Elvis Presley Music BMI is on two lines and Music is not abbreviated. On the Hound Dog side, Elvis Presley Music & Lion Publ. Co. BMI is on two lines, where Music is not abbreviated and Publish is Publ.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5935-4S / G2WW-5936-3S (Indianapolis Pressing)

47 6604 side2 r w line error small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)47 6604 side1 r w line error small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (7/1956). Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. On the Hound Dog side, "Stoller" is incorrectly credited as "Stroller".2
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5936-6S A1 / GW22-5935-5S A1 (Rockaway Pressing)

47 6604 side2 noline small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)47 6604 side1 noline small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (7/1956). Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. Large font. On the Don't Be Cruel side, Shalimar Mus. Corp. & Elvis Presley Mus. BMI is on three lines and Music is abbreviated. On the Hound Dog side, Elvis Presley Mus. & Lion Pub. Co. BMI is on three lines, where Music is abbreviated and Publish is Pub.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5935-7S / G2WW-5936-8S (Hollywood Pressing)

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Disc: (7/1956). Black label, dog on top with horizontal line.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5936-23S RCA1 and E / GW22-5935-22S RCA6 and D (Unknown Pressing)3
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5936-23S RCA2 and L / GW22-5935-22S RCA and N (Unknown Pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5936-23S RCA2 and P / GW22-5935-21S RCA3 and A (Unknown Pressing)

47 6604 side1 d small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)47 6604 side2 d small Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (7/1956). Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. On both sides, publication credits on the left side are not centered however, each line is further indented.4
Matrix numbers: G2WW-5936-24S 4 RCA A / GW22-5935-22S 6 RCA D (Unknown Pressing)5

Released in 1956 by RCA Records on 78 RPM as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog.

  1. Date from "Elvis Presley: Discography | The Official Elvis Presley Site." Elvis The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. December 6, 2010. ↩
  2. Identified by Frank Daniels. ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Frank Daniels ↩
  4. Images from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩