1997 Death Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Death Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 1977 Birthday Angela Goethals, actress, VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel 1966 Birthday Charlie Schlatter, New York City, actor, 18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel 1959 Event Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 1956 Event Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1956 Event Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1949 Birthday Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress, Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint 1944 Event U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid 1935 Birthday Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1926 Birthday Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1920 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City
