Otis Blackwell - Songs

Songs

Songs he composed, with the performer who made them famous, include:

  • "All Shook Up" (Elvis Presley)
  • "Don't Be Cruel" (Elvis Presley); inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002
  • "Fever" as "John Davenport" with Eddie Cooley (Peggy Lee inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, Little Willie John, Madonna, The McCoys, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Over the Rhine, and countless other performers).
  • "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis); inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998
  • "Breathless" (Jerry Lee Lewis and X)
  • "Hey Little Girl" (Dee Clark)
  • "Handy Man" (Jimmy Jones, Del Shannon, James Taylor)
  • "Return to Sender" (Elvis Presley)

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Famous quotes containing the word songs:

    “Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.”
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