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Heartbreak Hotel helped make Elvis Presley a national star in 1956
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Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” was released on January 27, 1956, and became his first single to sell one million copies. His debut album, “Elvis Presley,” came out in March and quickly went gold; the claim that the album sold one million copies confuses it with the million-selling single.
