Heartbreak Hotel

:"Heartbreak Hotel" (later renamed "This Place Hotel") is also the title of a 1980 single by The Jacksons.

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This Place Hotel - 1980 - The Jacksons

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"Heartbreak Hotel" is a rock and roll song by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black (bass) and Scotty Moore (guitar) as the main supporting musicians. Recorded in January 1956, the song introduced Presley to the US' national music consciousness. It was released as a single with the b-side song "I Was The One" on January 27, 1956.

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Rock and roll - Elvis Presley - Bill Black - Bass - Scotty Moore - Guitar - January - 1956 - US - Music - Single - January 27

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"Heartbreak Hotel"'s lyrical matter dealt with the singer's sadness, implicitly that following the end of a romantic relationship. It used the metaphor of a hotel to represent this emotional state.

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Sadness - Romantic - Metaphor - Hotel

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It was written by Thomas Durden and Mae Boren Axton, the mother of singer/songwriter/actor Hoyt Axton.

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The song achieved high chart success with pop (#1), R&B (#1) and Country music (#5) audiences.

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Pop - R&B - Country music

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The vocals feature heavy use of reverb. This fact was later lampooned in radio humorist Stan Freberg's parody of the song, where the lead singer repeatedly asks for "more echo on voice." The song is an example of simple verse form.

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Reverb - Stan Freberg - Simple verse form

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There is now a real hotel named after the song, and located across from Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Hotel - Memphis, Tennessee

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A movie by 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.

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