Monday, July 2, 1956, Elvis left the Hilton Hotel for a 2 p.m.
(Mandatory credit: Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American musician (and actor) Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) records at RCA Victor's Studio 1 (on East 24th Street), New York, New York, July 2, 1956. At the session, he and his band recorded both 'Hound Dog" and 'Don't Be Cruel.' (Photo by Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)
Monday, July 2, 1956, Elvis left the Hilton Hotel for a 2 p.m. date at the RCA studio on E. 24th and over the next seven hours recorded ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, which would be released five weeks later and become his most successful single, racking up 11 weeks at No. 1. He also recorded a nice ballad’, Any Way You Want.
(photos by Albert Wertheimer)
(Mandatory credit: Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American musician (and actor) Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) records at RCA Victor’s Studio 1 (on East 24th Street), New York, New York, July 2, 1956. At the session, he and his band recorded both ‘Hound Dog” and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ (Photo by Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)(Mandatory credit: Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American musician (and actor) Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) records at RCA Victor’s Studio 1 (on East 24th Street), New York, New York, July 2, 1956. At the session, he and his band recorded both ‘Hound Dog” and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ (Photo by Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)(Mandatory credit: Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American musician (and actor) Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) records at RCA Victor’s Studio 1 (on East 24th Street), New York, New York, July 2, 1956. At the session, he and his band recorded both ‘Hound Dog” and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ (Photo by Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)(Mandatory credit: Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American musician (and actor) Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) records at RCA Victor’s Studio 1 (on East 24th Street), New York, New York, July 2, 1956. At the session, he and his band recorded both ‘Hound Dog” and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ (Photo by Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)
