Heartbreak Hotel Baldy Holly Band Elvis Presley

Recorded in January 1956 in Nashville, the song was Presley's first single for RCA Records and introduced him to the American national music consciousness. It was released with the B-side "I Was the One" on January 27, 1956, becoming the first #1 pop record by Presley and the best selling single of 1956.

Inspired by the suicide of a young man who left a note with the line, "I walk a lonely street", songwriters Tommy Durden, then a steel-guitarist in Smiling Jack Herring and his Swing Billies, and Mae Boren Axton, a teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" in thirty minutes in 1955.She was Hoyt Axton's mother, and also a publicist for Hank Snow whose manager, Colonel Tom Parker, would later also manage Presley.

Heartbreak Hotel" charted on March 3, 1956, entering the Pop chart at #68 and the Country and Western chart at number #9.In less than two months it had reached #1 on both charts; for eight weeks and seventeen weeks respectively.
It also peaked at #5 on the R 'n' B chart.

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• Baldy Holly Band
• Elvis Presley
• RCA
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• Buddy
• Holly

[KONJUNTO]

Go Baldy and band!!

[elviseric]

Hi

How are you?

Terrific version of an ELVIS classic

Rock on

ELVISERIC

[eapiano87]

Incredible!! Your group does an AWESOME job playing these old songs!

[MyStar1969]

wow your really good great singing 10 plus stars

[ElvisIsAwesome123]

You sound amazing!

[blu65gibson]

Go man Go!! 5****** ......blu.

[mommarox2]

excellent performance Jamie,

this is such a great song, always loved it. and you always do a

phenomenal job.

endless starz

[nachman613]

great as always!

[cbfall]

Fantastically remarkable job,Baldy Holly Band!

[lennyslow]

great cover my friend!!