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Don't Be Cruel

original song written and composed by Otis Blackwell
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2273108
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Don't Be Cruel

Summary

Don't Be Cruel is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Be Cruel's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Be Cruel's composer is recorded as Otis Blackwell[4].
  • Don't Be Cruel's composer is recorded as Elvis Presley[5].
  • Don't Be Cruel's genre is rock and roll[6].
  • Don't Be Cruel was produced by Steve Sholes[7].
  • Among the performers on Don't Be Cruel was Elvis Presley[8].
  • Don't Be Cruel's record label is recorded as RCA Records[9].
  • Don't Be Cruel's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Don't Be Cruel was released on 1956[11].
  • Don't Be Cruel's lyricist is recorded as Otis Blackwell[12].
  • Don't Be Cruel's lyricist is recorded as Elvis Presley[13].
  • Don't Be Cruel's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Don't Be Cruel"}[14].
  • Don't Be Cruel's different from is recorded as Don’t Be Cruel[15].
  • Don't Be Cruel's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+124'}[16].
  • Don't Be Cruel's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[18]

  • Genre(s): blues, blues rock, pop rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: blues, blues rock, pop rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 05f56ef6-7db3-3275-9df8-65c200cc35fa[21]

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Authorship and Creation

Don't Be Cruel was performed by Elvis Presley[8]. It was produced by Steve Sholes[7].

Publication

Don't Be Cruel was published on 1956[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rock and roll[6].

Why It Matters

Don't Be Cruel ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Elvis Presley RCA Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Don't Be Cruel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-be-cruel-q2273108-2
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-be-cruel-q2273108-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Be Cruel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-be-cruel-q2273108-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Elvis Presley
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9021632995, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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