February 22, 1956 –
Elvis Presley’s song Heartbreak Hotel debuted on the Billboard pop chart at No. 68, on this date.
Mae Axton, a Nashville songwriter who wrote the music for Heartbreak Hotel, was living in Jacksonville when this song was written. She got a local country singer named Glenn Reeves to do the demo for Elvis, who did the demo the way he thought Elvis would do it. Elvis liked it, and did it exactly that way.
