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"Heartbreak Hotel" is a rock and roll song by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black (bass), Scotty Moore (guitar), and D.J Fontana on the drums as the main supporting musicians. Recorded in January 1956, the song introduced Presley to the American national music consciousness. It was released as a single with the b-side song "I Was The One" on January 27, 1956. Cumulative viewers for these first television performances are estimated at over 60 million. In 1968, he also sang it at his celebrated "Comeback TV Special", in a medley with "Hound Dog" and "All shook up". Because the vocals on the original record featured heavy use of reverb, the song was inmediately lampooned in radio humorist Stan Freberg's parody of the song, where the lead singer repeatedly asks for "more echo on [his] voice." The song is an example of simple verse form. 
There is now a real hotel named after the song, and located across from Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee.A movie with the same title, based on a mythical incident involving the kidnapping of Elvis Presley, was released theatrically in 1988. It starred David Keith, and Tuesday Weld and was directed by Chris Columbus. There are numerous cover versions of the song, including one by avant garde musician John Cale, although the mood of the song was significantly more unsettling than Elvis's version. Three other songs, also entitled "Heartbreak Hotel" were released as singles, one by the Jacksons, (later renamed "This Place Hotel"), a second by Whitney Houston, whose mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston performed in several Elvis recordings, both in the studio and live, as a member of the Sweet Inspirations. A third song called "Heartbreak Hotel" was performed by C. C. Catch. None of these songs is connected to Elvis's song. U2 wrote a song called "A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel." It is a b-side to their "Angel of Harlem" single, released in 1988. Former Velvet Underground member John Cale covered the song on his album Fragments Of A Rainy Season. Lyrics for Heartbreak Hotel (Mae B. Axton — Tommy Durden — Elvis Presley) Well, since my baby left me, You make me so lonely baby, And although it's always crowded, You make me so lonely baby, Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin', You make me so lonely baby, Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
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