Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One

by Elvis Presley

Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 27 January 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 4:36
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Introduced a darker, moodier edge to popular music with its sparse arrangement and bluesy, echoing production. Serving as the artist's first national number one hit, it revolutionized the emotional palette of rockabilly.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, suicide, death, crooning, sorrowful

Tracklist

  1. Heartbreak Hotel (2:06)
  2. I Was The One (2:30)

Credits

  • Elvis Presley - primary artist, written-by
  • Mae Boren Axton - written-by
  • Tommy Durden - written-by
  • Aaron Schroeder - written-by
  • Bill Peppers - written-by
  • Claude DeMetrius - written-by
  • Hal Blair - written-by

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