Tales of Rock 'n' Roll: Heartbreak Hotel
Tales of Rock 'n' Roll: Heartbreak Hotel
The story of Elvis Presley's first million-selling single, the 1956 release Heartbreak Hotel, the song that launched the singer to international stardom. This 1993 Arena documentary tracks down the writers - schoolteacher Mae Axton and country musician Tommy Durden - and hears how the lyrics were inspired by a real-life suicide in Miami in 1955
Tales of Rock 'n' Roll: Heartbreak Hotel airs on BBC Two Wales at 11:10 PM, Saturday 4 January. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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James Marsh
Series Producer
Nigel Finch
Series Editor
Anthony Wall
Series Editor