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
Bringin' On the Heartbreak Rain" and "My All" in front of a crowd of 50,000 people, at the closing concert of the Mexican "Teletón", which took place in the country's Azteca Stadium. Announced as the concert's "star", she performed in a black dress. While with "Through the Rain" and "My All" she did not attract the audience, the performance of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was seen as the highlight of her act. European CD single European CD maxi-single In 2018, singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson included his cover of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" on "Pyromattia". The album is composed entirely of Def Leppard covers and features