Don’t Be Cruel - Barbara Lynn 1963 | Herberg De Kelder (plus a version by the man who wrote it Otis Blackwell on Letterman 1987)

Don’t Be Cruel Barbara Lynn 

Don’t Be Cruel - Barbara Lynn 

1963

Sometimes the best gems just fall from the sky… this sweet Barbara Lynn cover did 

Elvis recorded the ‘original’ in 1956 the year it was written by Otis Blackwell (he focussed on his writing early on and even co-wrote ‘Fever’!). ‘Cruel' 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*

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Otis Blackwell sings ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ on Letterman 1987