Poster of Cast and Crew in Arena - Heartbreak Hotel (Season 1 - Episode 452) - Heartbreak Hotel

Arena - Season 1 - Heartbreak Hotel (Episode 452)

Plot: The second documentary in this Arena series telling the true stories behind classic rock songs is devoted to 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
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, April 24 1993
32 years ago