Heartbreak Hotel in an attempted robbery in El Paso, Texas. On August 25, 1955, the "El Paso Times" reported Krolik's death under the headline "Story Of Person Who Walked Lonely Street". Axton and Durden give different accounts of how the song was written. Durden's account is that he had already written the song and performed it with his band the Swing Billys before he presented it to Axton. Axton's account is that Durden had written only a few lines of the song and asked her to help him finish it. She says that the report of the suicide "stunned" her, and she
Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) the US alone, making it the country's third best-selling single of 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The song was also nominated for "R&B Single of the Year" at the 10th Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 1999, and for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best R&B Song at the 42nd Grammy Awards on February 23, 2000. Houston was honored with a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist for the song at its 31st ceremony on April 6, 2000. It was nominated for