ks ' ▁neighborhood ." ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁summer ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁after ▁Pres ley ' s ▁recording ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁a ▁million - s eller , ▁Fred die ▁Bell , ▁who ▁had ▁introduced ▁the ▁song ▁to ▁Pres ley ▁in ▁April , ▁told ▁an ▁inter v iewer : ▁" I ▁didn ' t ▁feel ▁bad ▁about ▁that ▁at ▁all . ▁In ▁fact , ▁I ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁record ▁it ." ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Pres ley ' s ▁recording , ▁" B ell ▁su ed ▁to ▁get ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁composer ▁roy alt ies ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁changed ▁the ▁words ▁and ▁indeed ▁the ▁song , ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁made ▁millions ▁as ▁the ▁song writer ▁of ▁El vis ' s ▁version : ▁but ▁he ▁lost ▁because ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁ask ▁Le iber ▁& ▁St ol ler ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁changes ▁and ▁thereby ▁add ▁his ▁name ▁as ▁song writer ." ▁ ▁Later ▁notable ▁performances ▁Pres ley ' s ▁final ▁performance ▁on ▁stage ▁for ▁almost ▁ 8 ▁years ▁was ▁a ▁benefit ▁concert ▁for ▁the ▁USS ▁Arizona ▁Memorial ▁on ▁Sunday , ▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁at ▁the ▁Blo ch ▁Arena ▁in ▁Pear l ▁Har bor . ▁During ▁this ▁concert , ▁which ▁raised ▁nearly ▁$ 6 5 , 0 0 0 ▁the ▁USS ▁Arizona ▁Memorial ▁building ▁fund , ▁Pres ley ▁closed ▁the ▁concert ▁singing ▁" H ound ▁Dog ". ▁Pres ley ▁performed ▁a ▁high - energy ▁version ▁of ▁" H ound