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    • Dec 15, 1919
    Songwriter Tommy Durden is born in Morgan County, Georgia. He co-writes the classic "Heartbreak Hotel," made famous in 1956 by Elvis Presley and covered in 1979 by Willie Nelson & Leon Russell
    Sep 22, 1988
    "Heartbreak Hotel," with vocals by Ronnie McDowell, has its world premiere at Nashville's Belcourt Cinema. T. Graham Brown and Hal Ketchum join David Keith in the cast. The song's writers, Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, attend
    Oct 17, 1999
    Songwriter Tommy Durden, who co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," dies of cancer at his home in Houghton Lake, Michigan
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