Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

Taken from the original extended play 45 of the same name, 1956.

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Music

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• elvis
• presley
• heartbreak
• hotel
• vinyl
• 45rpm
• record
• EP

[jcashfan365]

very cool!! is that from 56' I am guessing?

[spellerine]

Yeah, released in 1956.

[mkl62]

@TheDJGrandPa To me, Rock Around the Clock is a rock song. It was played at the beginning of Blackboard Jungle, which really made it famous. Howard Hessman (WKRP in Cincinnati) said that he went everywhere looking for that record. The power of one song.

[TheDJGrandPa]

@mkl62 So... you're saying that "Rock Around the Clock" isn't a rock song? And sorry, but I do not care much for the so called "music experts", but hey, we all have our own opinions :)

[mkl62]

@TheDJGrandPa Rock Around the Clock hit #1 on July 9, 1955. Music experts have looked at that as the start of the Rock Era. When Heartbreak Hotel hit #1, that shot this new sound into the stratosphere. Then came The Beatles, then The Hues Corporation (Disco), and then The Sugar Hill Gang (Rap).

[TheDJGrandPa]

@mkl62 I'm sure Blue Suede Shoes hit #1 on one of the charts. Bo Diddley hit #1 in '55, so did Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, and not to forget Maybellene. On the R&B charts. I Forgot to Remember is more of a Country song and Heartbreak is some weird hybrid song that... well yeah you could call Rock. But Elvis was not the first to hit #1 with a rock song, oh, and let's not forget Rock Around the Clock!

[mkl62]

@TheDJGrandPa It did, but I don't think that it hit #1. Also, if you look at the back of the sleeve, you will see another Elvis song, I Forgot to Remember to Forget. That song hit #1 on the Country & Western charts. So that was the first #1 by Elvis. However, it has become a forgotten hit due to this hit.

[TheDJGrandPa]

@r4d4101 Elvis plays acoustic rhythm guitar and Scotty Moore plays electric lead guitar. Wikipedia should tell you this, you can check live performances of the song if you want to.

[TheDJGrandPa]

@mkl62 I'm pretty sure Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins was the first to reach really high up in all the charts?

[janbob73]

my mom had old records i love stuff from the 50s things was better then ppl respected eachother an im 37

[janbob73]

my mom had ols records i love stuff from the 50s things was better then ppl respected eachother an im 37

[metalmaster78]

@ninenine909 how