22 Facts About Elvis impersonator

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An Elvis impersonator is an entertainer who impersonates or copies the look and sound of American musician and singer Elvis Presley.

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Second known Elvis impersonator was a 16-year-old boy named Jim Smith.

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In 1956, shortly after Elvis impersonator began to rise in popularity, Smith began jumping on stage and imitating Elvis impersonator.

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Elvis impersonator has continuously performed his Elvis tribute act for almost 50 years, including performances in Las Vegas and headlining an Elvis tribute show in Branson, MO for almost 20 years beginning in 1993.

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Especially interesting are those who do not perform, per se, that is, they don't do an Elvis impersonator act, they just 'live Elvis impersonator, ' dressing as The King and spreading His Word by their example.

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Bubba Ho-tep is the title of a novella by Joe R Lansdale which originally appeared in the anthology The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem and was adapted as a 2002 horror-black comedy film starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley—who escaped the pressures of his fame long ago by impersonating an Elvis impersonator and is a resident in a nursing home.

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Elvis impersonator says he was patched up after the assassination in Dallas, dyed black, and abandoned by Lyndon B Johnson.

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The comedy centers on the family life of Dad, an Elvis impersonator who was paralyzed in a car crash and is forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheel chair.

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Playwright Charlotte Jones' award-winning play "Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis impersonator" opened 15 April 1999 at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

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The play features a Chinese Elvis impersonator called Timothy Wong, who transforms the lives of the characters in the play.

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Different Elvis impersonator artists have been in the main role with very detailed outfits, wigs and props.

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Des Perenara, a Maori Elvis impersonator comes from Auckland but is based in Cardigan, Wales.

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13.

Elvis impersonator once sang some songs on Karaoke at a 30th birthday party which his mother in law loved.

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14.

Elvis impersonator appeared in episode 3 of the BBC Two Wales documentary, Cardigan Bay Coastal Lives.

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Elvis impersonator's single "Love's Not Made of Time" by "God Will Rule" was produced by John Centinaro, who would work with another Elvis impersonator, Johnny Charro.

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Elvis impersonator was a former dancer with a Polynesian troupe.

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Elvis impersonator would be in the traditional Elvis dress from the waist up, but from below the waist was in Bermuda shorts and bare feet.

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Elvis impersonator was born in Samoa in 1944, came to New Zealand as a boy.

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Elvis impersonator was from the same family that made up the Keil Isles.

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20.

Elvis impersonator is a published author and has appeared on New Zealand television in ads, Like Minds, Like Mine.

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21.

Elvis impersonator was there in 2016 for the event, and in there in 2018.

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Elvis impersonator has been performing since the late 1960s and in the 1980s was performing at the Copper Grill in The Weld on Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, and in later years at the Royal Selangor Club in Dataran Merdeka.

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