Modified: January 3, 2012

Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One 

         Release: RCA Victor 47-6420 Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 1/27/1956

47 6420 cover side1 boot small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)47 6420 cover side2 boot small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)

Cover: Bootleg created around 1968.1

47 6420 side2 small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)47 6420 side1 small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (1/1956)2. Black label, dog on top without horizontal line.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-0209-1S F2 / G2WW-0218-1S E3 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-0209-2S E2 / G2WW-0218-1S C4 (Indianapolis pressing)3

47 6420 side1 timeonside small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)47 6420 side2 timeonside small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (1956). Black label, dog on top. Time on side and matrix number on bottom. Font size slightly larger.

47 6420 side1 line small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)47 6420 side2 line small Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (1/1956). Black label, dog on top with horizontal line.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-0209-3S E1 /G2WW-0218-4S A2 (Rockaway pressing)

Disc: (1/1956). Turquoise label, dog on top.

Released in 1956 by RCA Records on 78 RPM as Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One.
Released in 1959 by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. eBay Reference 250845983671 (July 2, 2011) ↩
  2. Date from Elvis Presley Taking Care Of Business. "BiogrDiscography." 4 February 2011. ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩