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    • Sep 14, 1914
    Mae Boren Axton is born in Bardwell, Texas. She is best known as the writer of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Mar 25, 1938
    Hoyt Axton is born in Duncan, Oklahoma. The son of Mae Boren Axton, who wrote "Heartbreak Hotel," he nets two Top 10 country hits in 1974 and writes pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf
    May 13, 1955
    An Elvis Presley performance causes a riot for the first time in Jacksonville. Mae Boren Axton sees the show, and promises to write him a hit. Six months later, she brings him "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Nov 10, 1955
    During the Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville, Elvis Presley promises Mae Boren Axton that he'll record "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Jan 27, 1958
    Despite a protest by "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, who questions his "moral character," Canadian Hank Snow becomes an American citizen during a ceremony in Nashville
    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
    Apr 9, 1997
    Mae Boren Axton dies at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. She was best known for writing Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Oct 26, 1999
    Hoyt Axton dies in Victor, Montana. The son of "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, the singer/songwriter earned a pair of country hits in 1974, and wrote pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf
    Nov 1, 2007
    Cal Smith, Sammi Smith, Hoyt Axton, Mae Boren Axton and the rock band Hinder are inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a public ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
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