Heartbreak Hotel about a man who had destroyed all his identity papers and jumped to his death from a hotel window, leaving a suicide note with the single line, "I walk a lonely street". In 2016, an article in "Rolling Stone" magazine suggested that the story in reality originated from a report about a painter and petty criminal, Alvin Krolik, whose marriage had failed and who wrote a partial autobiography including the line "This is the story of a person who walked a lonely street." Krolik's story was published in news media, and received further publicity after he was shot and killed
Heartbreak Town (song) featured on the 2010 greatest hits album "The Essential Dixie Chicks". Pleased with the song's success, the Dixie Chicks later covered Scott's "Long Time Gone" for their 2002 album "Home". Heartbreak Town (song) "Heartbreak Town" is a song written by Darrell Scott, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in June 2001 as the seventh single from the album "Fly". The song tells the story of a young family's disappointment upon moving to Nashville. Darrell Scott wrote and recorded "Heartbreak Town" for his 1997 album "Aloha from Nashville". The song peaked at number 23 on