Dont Be Cruel

Dont Be Cruel (To A Heart Thats True)

Elvis Presley (#1 in 1956), Bill Black's Combo (#11 in 1960 - Instrumental), Cheap Trick (#4 in 1988)

You know I can be found, sitting home all alone,
If you can't come around, at least please telephone.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.

Baby, if I made you mad for something I might have said,
Please, let's forget the past, the future looks bright ahead,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

Don't stop thinking of me, don't make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Why should we be apart? I really love you baby, cross my heart.

Let's walk up to the preacher and let us say I do,
Then you'll know you'll have me, and I'll know that I'll have you,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

Many other artists including Connie Francis (1959, Rock 'n' Roll Million Sellers), Annette Peacock, Barbara Lynn (1963, Jamie #1244 45 RPM, No. 93 on the Hot 100), Bill Black's Combo, Billy Swan, Devo, The Residents, Cheap Trick, Daffy Duck, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Diamond, and Jackie Wilson have recorded the song. Presley was said to be so impressed with Wilson's version that he would later incorporate many of Wilson's mannerisms into future performances. Debbie Harry of the new wave group Blondie recorded the song for the Otis Blackwell tribute album Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell. A cover by American country music duo the Judds peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1987. Cheap Trick's version of this song, the second single released from the band's tenth studio album Lap of Luxury, reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in October 1988.

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