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Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel (2:09)

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“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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  • oldiesfanjohn

    nice ticklin' the ivories,too!

    last month

  • sterntaler123

    >>>>>>>>>>KLASSE<<<<<<<<<<!!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • wildtony40

    good song.

    March 2012

  • novira

    Baby I .L♥ve it!

    February 2012

  • MarkLitten

    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?

    February 2012

  • rockandrolljoe

    Elvis has left the building.

    January 2012

  • mabamar

    love it!

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    Pelvis

    December 2011

  • HarryFearless

    A surprisingly depressing song for a first hit x

    December 2011

  • Teutone65

    KLASSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    November 2011

  • pinheirogilmar

    q u e t a l...

    November 2011

  • xxxvanessaxx

    rock classic

    October 2011

  • Marlene70

    wunderfull

    October 2011

  • uwe56schmidt

    (“)_(“)_.-”"-../) ; . . `; -._ . `)_ ( o_ )` __.) .-._) ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ ▓▒░♥░▒▓ *♥♥* DANKE!!!*♥♥* •.¸(¯` •.¸*♥♥♥♥*¸.• ´¯)¸.• ´¯) ♥(¯` •.¸(¯` •.¸*♥♥*¸.¸.• ´¯) ,du bist der king

    October 2011

  • ReducedCapacity

    at his best

    September 2011

  • heliotropeskies

    Masterpiece

    August 2011

  • pearlgray

    Yes, very lonely

    August 2011

  • RAGGLEMAN

    Heartbreak Motel ??!!!! Early days eh...

    August 2011

  • Syrenius

    I adore it!

    August 2011

  • PsychocoucH

    The King !

    July 2011
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