Mean Woman Blues | |
Artist: | Elvis Presley |
Album: | Loving You |
Recorded: | January 13, 1957 |
Studio: | Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California |
Genre: | Rock and roll |
Length: | 2:17 |
Label: | RCA Victor |
Prev Title: | (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear |
Prev Year: | 1957 |
Next Title: | Loving You |
Next Year: | 1957 |
"Mean Woman Blues" is a rock and roll song written by Claude Demetrius. Elvis Presley recorded it for the soundtrack of the 1957 film, Loving You.[1] In an album review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder described it as "some powerful rock & roll... which could almost have passed for one of his Sun tracks".[2]
When the song was released for the jukebox market in September 1957, it reached number 11 on Billboard magazine's "Most Played in Jukeboxes" R&B chart.[3]
Mean Woman Blues | |
Type: | Single |
Artist: | Roy Orbison |
A-Side: | Blue Bayou |
Released: | August 1, 1963 |
Recorded: | April 29, 1963 |
Genre: | Rock and roll |
Length: | 2:25 |
Label: | Monument |
Roy Orbison recorded "Mean Woman Blues" on,[4] which was released as a single with "Blue Bayou". It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[5]