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Heartbreak Hotel

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  • The King of Rock and Roll
    Elvis Presley
    / Colonel Tom Parker and national celebrity

    …a series of hits: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Love Me Tender” (all 1956), “All Shook Up” (1957), and more.

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    …a series of hits: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Love Me Tender” (all 1956), “All Shook Up” (1957), and more.

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  • RCA Records label
    RCA in Music City, U.S.A.
    / The Nashville Sound

    …impact of Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” was due partly to Scotty Moore’s bluesy electric guitar and D.J. Fontana’s up-front drums, and he kept on experimenting.

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    …impact of Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” was due partly to Scotty Moore’s bluesy electric guitar and D.J. Fontana’s up-front drums, and he kept on experimenting.

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