Hard Headed Woman / Don’t Ask Me Why

Modified: November 10, 2026

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 447-0623 Hard Headed Woman / Don't Ask Me Why (45)
Release Date: 9/8/1959

Gold Standard Series
447-0623-1959-side1447-0623-1959-side2

Disc: Black label, dog on top.1

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603-1S A1 / J2PW-3610-1S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
J2PW-3603-10S / J2PW-3610-10S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)2

Sometime after the initial 1959 release, the catalog number was deleted. On March 4, 1965, 447-0623 was reinstated back into the catalog for release on April 6, 1965, along with five other catalog numbers in the Gold Standard Series.3

447-0623-1965-side1447-0623-1965-side2

Disc: Black label, dog on side. (4/65)

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603-11S / J2PW-3610-10S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0623-1968-side2-mockup447-0623-1968-side1-mockup

Disc: Orange label.4

447-0623-1971-side2447-0623-1971-side1

Disc: Red label.

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603-11S / J2PW-3610-11S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

Disc: Disc: Black label, dog near top. Gold Standard in white on top.

447-0623-1977-side2-var447-0623-1977-side1-var

Disc: Black label, dog near top. A complete oddity when compared to other Gold Standards. Different font, 45 PRM on side, no Gold Standard statement, matrix numbers on left side, and no copyright on bottom.

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603- / J2PW-3610-15 (hand etched) (unknown pressing)

447-0623-1977-trans-side2447-0623-1977-trans-side1

Disc: Black label, dog near top. Gold Standard on Top / Gold Standard on Side (transitional label)

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603-12S A1 / J2PW-3610-12S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0623-1977-side2447-0623-1977-side1

Disc: Black label, dog near top.

Matrix numbers
J2PW-3603-13 SHELLEY / J2PW-3610 (hand etched) (Santa Maria pressing)

Originally released by RCA Records on as Hard Headed Woman / Don’t Ask Me Why.

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  3. Flynn, Keith. “United States Discography (1956’s)” Keith Flynn’s Elvis Presley Pages. 11 November 2026. ↩
  4. Mockup from existing images. ↩