Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One
7M 385 (45rpm)
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Heartbreak Hotel
Side 2:
1. I Was The One
POP 182 (78rpm)
Released: March 1956:
mono (01)
This was the first Elvis record to be released in the U.K.
Factory Sample (Demo) (Promo)
Purple Label - HMV Logo - Gold Lettering - Knockout Centre
Purple Label - HMV Logo - Gold Lettering - Jigsaw Centre
It entered the UK charts on May 17, 1956, peaking at no. 2.
Chart Run: (21 Weeks)
17/05/1956 - 15
24/05/1956 - 14
31/05/1956 - 08
07/06/1956 - 05
14/06/1956 - 04
21/06/1956 - 03
28/06/1956 - 02
05/07/1956 - 02
12/07/1956 - 03
19/07/1956 - 03
26/07/1956 - 04
02/08/1956 - 04
09/08/1956 - 06
16/08/1956 - 06
23/08/1956 - 07
30/08/1956 - 07
06/09/1956 - 07
13/09/1956 - 09
20/09/1956 - 20
27/09/1956 - 24
04/10/1956 - 22
Chart Run: (1 Week)
01/11/1956 - 23
Information: www.officialcharts.com
Recording Information:
Heartbreak Hotel
(January 10, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
I Was the One
(January 11, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
NOTE: This single was issued using the matrix number 7XAV, this was part of the EMI system.