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Tales of Rock 'n' Roll: Heartbreak Hotel

A look at Elvis Presley's first million-selling release, Heartbreak Hotel. This film tracks down the song's writers, schoolteacher Mae Axton and country musician Tommy Durden, and discovers that Heartbreak Hotel was inspired by a real-life suicide in Miami in 1955.

32 minutes

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Fri 19 Jun 2026 23:35
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