Otis Blackwell was born on this date.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

Elvis sounded like Otis, not the other way around

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. A little more info

Songs composed by Blackwell, with the performers who made them famous, include the following:[4]
"All Shook Up" (Elvis Presley)
"Don't Be Cruel" (Elvis Presley); inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002
"Fever" as "John Davenport" with Eddie Cooley (Peggy Lee, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998; Little Willie John, Madonna, the McCoys, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Over the Rhine, and numerous other performers).
"Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis); inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998
"Breathless" (Jerry Lee Lewis, X)
"Let's Talk About Us" (Jerry Lee Lewis)
"Hey Little Girl" (Dee Clark)
"Handy Man" (Jimmy Jones, Del Shannon, James Taylor)
"Return to Sender" (Elvis Presley)
"One Broken Heart for Sale&quot Elvis Presley)
"Nine Times Out Of Ten" with Waldense Hall (Cliff Richard,[14] Ral Donner)

[The Polack MSgt]

2. I knew that Elvis covered this - Did not know one guy wrote all those songs

Wow.