Hard Headed Woman

There is also a different song with the same title penned and recorded by Cat Stevens from his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman.
"Hard Headed Woman"
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side "Don't Ask Me Why"
Released June 10, 1958
Format 7" single
Recorded January 15, 1958
Genre Rock and roll
Length 1:54
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Claude Demetrius
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"
(1958)
"Hard Headed Woman"
(1958)
"One Night"
(1958)

"Hard Headed Woman" is a #1 rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company in 1958. It is an American 12-bar blues written by African American songwriter Claude Demetrius. It was most notably recorded as a rock and roll song by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture King Creole, and was included on the record album of the same name. The song was also released as a 45rpm single and in 1958 went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and went to number two for two weeks on the R&B chart[1]. It became the first rock and roll single to earn the RIAA designation of Gold Record.

The song has also been recorded by Wanda Jackson, among others.

Chart performance

Chart (1958) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 2

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 468.