<Tr> <Td> Preceded by "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" by Elvis Presley </Td> <Td> US Top Selling Country & Western Singles number one single September 15, 1956--November 17, 1956 (10 weeks) </Td> <Td> Succeeded by "Singing the Blues" by Marty Robbins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by "Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley </Td> <Td> US Best Sellers in Stores number - one single September 29, 1956--October 27, 1956 (5 weeks) </Td> <Td> Succeeded by "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley </Td> </Tr> <P> The commercial success of Presley's 1956 RCA version of "Hound Dog" precipitated a proliferation of cover versions, answer songs, and parodies . Additionally, "Hound Dog" was translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and even Bernese German . </P> <P> By 1964, Presley's version of "Hound Dog" had been covered over 26 times, and by 1984, there were at least 85 different cover versions of the song, making it "the best - known and most often recorded Rock & Roll song". In July 2013 the official Leiber & Stoller website listed 266 different versions of "Hound Dog", but acknowledged that its list is incomplete . Among the notable artists who have covered Presley's version of "Hound Dog" are: Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps; Jerry Lee Lewis; Chubby Checker; Pat Boone; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Betty Everett; Little Richard; The Surfaris; the Everly Brothers; Junior Wells; the Mothers of Invention; The Easybeats; Jimi Hendrix; Vanilla Fudge; Van Morrison; Conway Twitty; Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band; John Entwistle; Carl Perkins; Eric Clapton; James Taylor; and (in 1993) Tiny Tim (in his full baritone voice). In 1999 David Grisman, John Hartford, and Mike Seeger included "Hound Dawg" on their 1999 album Retrograss, which was nominated for a Grammy in the Traditional Folk Album category in 2000 . </P>

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