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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

Last on

Sat 4 Jan 202523:10
BBC Two

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Apr 199321:00
    BBC Two England
  • Sat 18 May 202422:35
    BBC Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD & 1 more only
  • Sat 4 Jan 202523:10
    BBC Two HD, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Wales HD & 1 more only

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