Don’t Be Cruel (Otis Blackwell) by Elvis Presley For 11 weeks this humongous Elvis single with its flipside “Hound Dog” perched high atop the national best-sellers chart. THE 1956 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1956 (some were recorded in 1955).