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The Life of a Song: Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel
The singer’s old label boss called the song ‘a morbid mess’, but it shot to number one in the US. Ahead of the 40th anniversary of Elvis’s death in August, FT pop writers Peter Apsden and David Cheal discuss the song's o...
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The Life of a Song: Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel is an episode from FT Life of a Song by Financial Times. The singer’s old label boss called the song ‘a morbid mess’, but it shot to number one in the US. Ahead of the 40th anniversary of...
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Published Jul 18, 2017, 18:15 long, audio available.
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