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About This Track
“Heartbreak Hotel” is Elvis’s first Number One for RCA and only the second song he recorded for the label. Chet Atkins played rhythm guitar. You can hear Bill Black’s stand-up bass, Scotty Moore’s electric guitar, D.J. Fontana’s drums and Floyd Cramer’s piano. Recorded in January 1956 in Nashville, it was released as a single in the USA (with the B-side “I Was the One”) on January 27, 1956. Despite RCA’s early objections to the sound quality, one of the early Nashville takes won out, and “Heartbreak Hotel” became the best selling single of 1956, as well as the song with which Elvis is most identified.
An English teacher from Bardwell Texas got the idea for the song after a suicide victim left a note, later published in a newspaper, with the phrase, “I walk a lonely street.” Mae Axton toyed with the idea, teeming up with Tom Durden and going so far to get Glenn Reeves to record a demo for Elvis to hear.
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novira wrote:
Baby I .L♥ve it!
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MarkLitten wrote:
Zombierosie... I think I read somewhere he claimed "co-writer" to help the actual writer collect more royalties. Perhaps the first, or only record that changed the world?
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
Elvis has left the building.
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zombierosie wrote:
I think it's the only song he can ever be credited as co-writing as well. I wonder which bits he wrote. Brilliant stuff.
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mabamar wrote:
love it!
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Pelvis
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HarryFearless wrote:
A surprisingly depressing song for a first hit x
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Teutone65 wrote:
KLASSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pinheirogilmar wrote:
q u e t a l...
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xxxvanessaxx wrote:
rock classic
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Marlene70 wrote:
wunderfull
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uwe56schmidt wrote:
(“)_(“)_.-”"-../) ; . . `; -._ . `)_ ( o_ )` __.) .-._) ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ *♥♥* DANKE!!!*♥♥* •.¸(¯` •.¸*♥♥♥♥*¸.• ´¯)¸.• ´¯) ♥(¯` •.¸(¯` •.¸*♥♥*¸.¸.• ´¯) ,du bist der king
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ReducedCapacity wrote:
at his best
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heliotropeskies wrote:
Masterpiece
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pearlgray wrote:
Yes, very lonely
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RAGGLEMAN wrote:
Heartbreak Motel ??!!!! Early days eh...
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Syrenius wrote:
I adore it!
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PsychocoucH wrote:
The King !
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AnatoliyAxenov wrote:
Masterpiece. [5]
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Konijn22 wrote:
Masterpiece. [4]
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