Monday, April 24, 2006

Happy Anniversary, Heartbreak Hotel!


TorontoSun.com - Other Entertainment News - This week in entertainment history, April 23-29: "1956 Elvis Presley reached No. 1 on the charts for the first time, with Heartbreak Hotel. It was Presley's first hit for RCA Victor after the company purchased his contract from Sam Phillips of Sun Records for $35,000."

3 comments:

Juri said...

It's a very noir piece. I realized this when I listened to the John Cale version of it.

Anonymous said...

The John Cale version should have come with a razor blade to allow you to slit your wrists. Utterly depressing and spot on.

FizzWater said...

Sam Phillips... the Wally Pipp of the music industry.