"Don't Be Cruel": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Don't Be Cruel": publishing date: 1956. depicted (sitter): Presley, Elvis. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song "Don't Be Cruel," with words and music by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley. it was published by Shalimar Music Corp. - Elvis Presley Music, Inc. in New York, New York, in 1956. This song was a #1 hit for Elvis Presley in 1956.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1956
- depicted (sitter): Presley, Elvis
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 2010.0136.10
- accession number: 2010.0136
- catalog number: 2010.0136.10
- Credit Line: Gift of Corrine Glass
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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