Events tend to attract large numbers of amateur Elvis impersonators and Elvis fans. Honeymoon in Vegas is a 1992 comedic movie which was directed by Andrew Bergman. ODay who used the word clone while agreeing that that wasnt quite the right scientific term for what he had paid doctors to do even boasted hed found a chemist in Los Angeles who could alter someones pigment. "That was a very strange day," Wise says. True impersonators don't 'do Elvis' for monetary gain, but as missionaries to spread the message of The King. (Photo by Getty Images). James at the time was married to his first wife, but still had feelings for his childhood sweetheart, who was married back in Houston. ODay fled to Florida supposedly, Gamble heard, with $120,000 of their earnings. ODay started by taking Wise to a Florida dentist, who shaved his teeth down to resemble Presleys and closed up the gap in his two front teeth. Novelist William McCranor Henderson wrote about his attempts to learn the Elvis trade in, I, Elvis: Confessions of a Counterfeit King. When I heard that, it struck me as funny. Tribute bands are nothing new, but this guy didnt feel like costumes were enough. ODay had what felt like a foolproof method of making the operation seem as routine as possible. Ive never missed a year, says Wise. But . This time, the surgeries werent quite as invasive as theyd been with Wise. (Blame it on the club owner, ODay said in response.) It wasnt Vegas, but it was close, and it came with perks, like all the alcohol and Perrier anyone wanted. RAINBOW UMAMI: a Queer Club Remix Series: Celebrating Somewhere Sounds: Download Free Sample Packs. David stayed with Elvis at Graceland for 17 years, and traveled with him until the end, August 16,1977. Last year, he earned $54 million, topping the list of dead performers who are still making money. He was popular in the South, but not so much around the rest of the country. Original faux-Elvis Dennis Wise practices post-surgery with promoter Danny O'Day, 1978. He is a published author and has appeared on New Zealand television in ads, Like Minds, Like Mine. Infuriated, Gamble says he followed ODay back home to Florida to demand his money. Dennis can recreate the songs, moves and looks from all Era's of Elvis' career, 50's, 60's, and 70's. His heavy show schedule of an average of 200 shows a year with tours in Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Florida, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa in the past year alone proves that Dennis is the most sought . As far back as the Seventies, touring and club acts meticulously did their best to look and sound like the Doors or the very much alive Bruce Springsteen, and tourists in Manhattan flocked to Beatlemania, a Fab Four tribute that ran on Broadway for two years. Since Joplin imitators were rare back then, Caywood adds, I was the only person who could do that at the time., Caywood, a native Californian who sang in a sassy rasp reminiscent of Joplins, didnt know the full story. It took a long time to get over that.. ODay wasnt there, so Gamble had to content himself with walking off with a piece of stage gear. And here, at Florida Hospital, on Jan. 31, 1978, Dennis Wise underwent six hours of plastic. i.e., the Chilean version of the European show My name is featured at least three of them. Erwin, D.H. and Droser, M.L., 1993. To make himself feel better about the idea, ODay ran it by his mother: What if his younger brother, whod passed away at 21, had been an entertainer and died and had been resurrected by way of plastic surgery? Lilo and Stitch is a 2002 animated Disney movie that has Stitch, a blue alien, impersonate Elvis for a scene. This is a publicly distributed handout. EXCELLENT CONDITION, SIGNED SLEEVE SAYS, "SHIRLEY BEST WISHES, DENNIS WISE". lvis Presley had been dead for six months when the plastic-surgeons knife plunged into Dennis Wise. He didnt like that, the state fairs, says Effie. The Complete History of Elvis Impersonators in 10 minutes [from the documentary Almost Elvis] BlueSuedeFilms 1.65K subscribers Subscribe 43K views 14 years ago The complete history of Elvis. I dont know where it went or if somebody didnt get paid.). I dont see a morbid aspect, he said. A number of books are available on the topic of Elvis tribute artists. I got more publicity over that than John Travolta did in 1978. Travolta was popular at the time because of Saturday Night Fever and Grease.. [57] Keil was influenced by Elvis impersonator Andy Stankovich who he saw live. But that doesnt mean his interest in the King has waned. Item Information. Graceland started buying up everything in the area. His performance may be considered the first significant Elvis impersonation. He died at age 64 in July 2008, after battling cancer. They dont know what theyre getting into. But nothing would stop them, or ODay. But a drinking problem that had developed on the road soon overtook him. Read more in our, Elvis Presley performs in Providence, R.I., on May 23, 1977. Danny was flabbergasted I said that, says Wise. At an early stop on the tour, one reviewer noted that few of the performers resembled their dead counterparts that much. ODay then arranged for the performers, still bandaged up and looking like mummies with large eyeholes, to be publicly unveiled on a network daytime show, America Alive! >Article Archives The next night, they and a new batch of clones appeared onstage, and suddenly ODay was Kenny Rogers and Rhyne was looking a bit like Linda Ronstadt, then at the peak of her pop career. This show will be a little different from the past few years, Wise says. Besides performing throughout New Zealand, he has performed in Australia, Hawaii, Fiji and the United States.[42]. (ODay bragged to a reporter that it was a small but mighty crowd.) For the first and not last time, his boss, Danny ODay, could boast, with one of his robust laughs, that he was the monster maker.. He has every album Elvis ever recorded and pictures by the thousands. 1970's Dennis Wise Enterprize ELVIS Impersonator jacket Men's Large satin look . Wise isnt totally focused on Elvis. Getty Images provides access rights only and does not license the copyright in the image. Dennis Wise is the ultimate fan and the ultimate Elvis performer, with more than 10,000 shows honoring the king. Wise was doing an Elvis show in Hawaii. By the mid-Eighties, ODay was running out of schemes. Caywood had a small implant in her chin that just made it look a little more pointy so minor, like outpatient stuff., Gamble had the most minimal work done: The surgeon basically made a cut above his lip to make it look as if hed had surgery. (Photo by Getty Images) Save PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. Dean Vegas and Paul Fenech from Australia were also booked for the event. The guys in the band were all laughing.. They bought us out as well. In "Wedding Card," an episode of the Canadian sitcom Corner Gas, Oscar and Emma Leroy admit to having no photos of their wedding because "it was an Elvis wedding". He has performed more than 10,000 shows as an Elvis impersonator. Wise says he never saw a dime, nor ever saw ODay again. '"[27], In the 2011 novel Donations to Clarity by Noah Baird, one of the main characters the town's sheriff is an Elvis impersonator.[28]. Francesca Brittan, "Women Who 'Do Elvis': Authenticity, Masculinity and Masquerade", published in the. Must be 21 to attend this Las Vegas event. Gamble switched to Christian music and eventually became an ordained minister in Arizona, where he currently lives. He also has an Elvis tribute act. What Danny is doing with his new idea is just not right, he told the Miami News. Since I was 5 Ive been acting like him he was kind of like a father figure to me because my dad was gone all the time. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at the casino cashier or by calling 702-507-5980 starting January 7, 2020. first song, he got the job. It was not for money purposes. And it didnt do it merely with costumes or note-for-note vocal imitations: ODay hired plastic surgeons to physically alter his tribute singers to look as much as possible like the people they were honoring. ODay already knew the limitations of tribute bands. Climaxes of the play are surreal fantasy scenes in which Dad's hallucinatory Elvis dreams are bursting into popular Presley songs as a reminiscence of his one-time persona of Elvis impersonator. '"[13] Professional Elvis impersonation can be called a special branch of the entertainment industry. Gary James' Interview With Elvis Impersonator Dennis Wise Dennis Wise made Page One news in papers across the country back in 1978 when he under went 6 hours of cosmetic surgery to re-construct his face to resemble Elvis Presley. The music will be all Elvis, from the Vegas years. [40][41], Andy Stankovich is a well known Elvis impersonator from Auckland, New Zealand. I forget the script, Gamble says, but it was Elvis coming down from heaven to bring back some friends.. James's wife has suspicions of his feelings. [56] Also during the 1960s, he played rhythm guitar with The Zodiacs and then The Kavaliers, a group fronted by his brother Freddie. Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the correct date that Elvis Presley died. The three songs he sang were, "If I Can Dream", "Kentucky Rain" and "Polk Salad Annie". Halfway through the Rhyne survived, and overcome by guilt, ODay brought her to Florida to help with her recovery. O'Day's first foray into the world of tribute acts came in 1977, when he met Dennis Wise, who sounded close enough to Elvis that O . BY THE NUMBERS $52 million Amount the Elvis estate made. ODay was finally the headlining star attraction hed always longed to be, if not the way hed quite planned it. According to social historian Eric Lott, "the widespread embarrassment and innuendo surrounding Elvis impersonation points more directly to the homoerotic implications built into such acts. In Annalee Newitz and Matt Wray, eds.. Sweeney, "The King of White Trash Culture," p.262. Meet the World's Greatest Elvis Impersonator By Nick Greene, the mag Mar 9, 2015 Ambassador Talent Services / Ambassador Talent Services by Shawn Klush, as told to Nick Greene Even when he's not. We did a couple of state fairs where there were, like, four people in the audience.. Morrison had been found dead in a Paris bathtub seven years before. RAINBOW UMAMI: a Queer Club Remix Series: Celebrating diversity and creativity in the queer music community. I just thought, Well, I dont know what does that mean? says Gamble. Following the transformation, he made his TV debut on Good Morning America in early 1978. At a hotel pool in Florida, an on-message ODay introduced his clones to a writer from the Miami News and regaled the reporter with tales from his rock & roll crypt. To hear his family tell it, Danny Dixon ODay could have been a star. There have been at least three prominent Elvis impersonators of Samoan descent. A few years later, Caywood and her then-husband, who was in the band, returned to the site, and there the pile remained, in all its mangled glory. $12.95 Cost of his first guitar, bought in 1946 at the Tupelo Hardware Store, $17.50 Tickets to dinner show at the Hilton, including lobster or steak, in the 1970s, 837 Consecutive sold-out shows at the International and Hilton, $43.7 million Worth of show tickets sold in Las Vegas (more than $150 million in 2008 dollars), 1956 Heartbreak Hotel, I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, Dont Be Cruel / Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, 1957 Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Jailhouse Rock, 1960 Stuck on You, Its Now or Never, Are You Lonesome Tonight?. Must be 21 to attend this Las Vegas event. . After the tape was mixed, James and Chips flew to New York, where James's manager had contacts with Scepter Records. Dennis Wise has been paying tribute to Elvis for more than 30 years. The author, professor of American Studies at the University of Virginia, has also written a long piece on Elvis impersonators and the EPIIA (Elvis Presley Impersonators International Association) to be published in his next book. Elvis Extravaganza is a 60-minute 2009 Elvis impersonator documentary featuring amateur Elvis impersonators and their quest for the title of the "World's Finest Elvis Impersonator.". Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Of course theyll come., Rhyne sang credible Ronstadt covers, while her new husband dug into his performing past to mimic Rogers husky delivery. Talent shows focused on imitating already famous singers will often have Elvis impersonators. [53], Alphonso Keil was an Elvis impersonator and professional musician. Bags were removed from under OConnells eyes, and wrinkles from his cheeks. Cruise kept asking James if he had any songs that would be right for Elvis. "First of all, you don't. From left: Hazebrouck, Caywood, Rhyne, Gamble, and OConnell at their post-surgery press conference, 1978. Ironically, the makeover would be inspired in part by Erin Rhyne, the female Elvis in Rock and Roll Heaven and the member of the troupe whod been the most damaged by it. Caywood denies a report that she had her jaw restructured, which was likely more ODay hype: When another reviewer pointed out that Caywood wasnt a dead ringer, so to speak, for Joplin, ODay claimed she would have further work done to counter the criticism. [8] Jeremy Spencer of British blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac became known for his high-energy Elvis tribute performances during his tenure with the band. Mark portrays the 1950s rock-a-billy era complete with exact replicas of all of Elvis' performance guitars and stage clothes from 1954 to 1958, as well as old 1950s RCA microphones and even a full-size Nipper dog statue on-stage (Mark is the only impersonator that uses RCA's Nipper). In an episode of Due South, Season one, episode 10, "The Gift of the Wheelman", It's Christmas time and the police station is filled with Santas, elves and Elvises. Dennis got his nose broken when he was in the Marines, he says. It was her motivation that helped him become an Elvis tribute artist. ACCESS RIGHTS ONLY. He envisioned a world in which celebrity worship would rule, everyday people could be elevated to stardom, and there would be no shame in any of it. [58], Another Elvis of Samoan descent is Johnny Angel. Now, he travels the world with his Elvis Tribute Show. I was there in 1977 when Elvis died.. than 10,000 shows honoring the king. I was like, What? But his mind worked that way. Dennis Wise knows exactly where he was when Elvis Presley died Aug.16, 1977. Dennis Wise began listening to Elvis at the tender age of 5, often belting out his favorite song "Heartbreak Hotel." His tribute to Elvis turned professional just one year after the. James had written three songs that became number one hits in the Southern United States. dead celebs list, except for the year the Kurt Cobain catalog was sold. My whole life has been dedicated to Elvis.. 1970's Dennis Wise Enterprize ELVIS Impersonator jacket Men's Large satin look . The first known Elvis impersonator was a young man named Carl 'Cheesie' Nelson from Texarkana, Arkansas, who in 1954 built up a local following on WLAC radio with his renditions of "That's All Right, Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." Musician who performs in the style of Elvis Presley. his performance, Wise imparts trivia about Elvis's music, as well as When the band broke up my brother returned to the mainland but I stayed on in Hawaii a couple of years. And you have the fans who want to see that artist continue., ODay would never be on the level of Colonel Tom Parker, but he was something else entirely rocks own P.T. But several weeks later, he made his post-surgery television debut on Good Morning America, and at press conferences began imitating Presleys Southern drawl and polite use of maam and sir. His brother Jim watched one of his TV appearances in a bar. Dennis expertly recreates Elvis's movements, phrasings, and Barnum, a man who could, in Wises words, sell ice cream in hell. If that meant hiring someone to turn living singers into facsimiles of deceased ones, so be it. Elvis has spanned over forty years. James felt it was a confusing time for him and that all three were caught in this trap that they could not walk out of. As she later told the Orlando Sentinel, the whole show gave her the creeps due to real weird girls who started hanging out during my shows, biker types. She complained to ODay about her female-Elvis role, but he wasnt listening: Nothing I said seemed to sink in, Rhyne said. (Actually, they didnt go on the road so fast: The first gig, at a club in St. Petersburg, Florida, perhaps aptly named J.P. Bottoms Lounge, never happened. Recalling those early performances, the groups Janice Joplin impersonator, Mona Caywood-Moore, was quoted saying, they were bombs, man. This has prompted other impersonators, like Mark Lee Pringle of Ohio, to include these details in their shows. The idea was to say I was trying to develop the sneer, I guess, he says. The Flim Flam Band continued working, in what ODays cousin Paul Patten calls the Howard Johnsons tour of lounges in those family-vacation hotels. All Rights reserved. Wise had come to Orlando at the request of a newly acquired personal manager, Danny O'Day of Ocala. [10] As Kaufman gained fame, the impersonation was used less and less. Im sure he didnt have the money. In 1985, he resurfaced in his home state of Maryland, managing a bar, Dannys, on Route 50 in Easton. Hes lead singer for the dance band Deja Vu, which performs from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at South Point. All rights reserved. His mother introduced Joplin, Missouri native Dennis Wise to the music The 24th season of the American adaptation of Big Brother featured Daniel Durston, an Elvis impersonator from Las Vegas, Nevada. Caywood wound up taking the gross heap home with her, with the thought of encasing it in glass and turning it into a coffee table. American protest singer Phil Ochs appeared in concert in March 1970 at Carnegie Hall wearing a 1950s Elvis-style gold lam suit, made for him by Presley's costumer Nudie Cohen. Fans who wish to pay homage to the King of Rock n Roll might enjoy attending Wises annual show commemorating the passing of Elvis. Hes Elvis. I kind of took after him.. It was such an odd thing. Leilani, who had referred to himself as a "rock 'n' roll-singing Polynesian guy", had formed a rockabilly band in the early 90s and had performed in Hawaii. Dennis F. December 14, 2015 We enjoyed Elvis John Verified Review Tyler E. May 20, 2014 A great experience with Elvis John Hired as: Elvis Impersonator Verified Review Terri K. April 27, 2014 Great Job! The pub and everything in it, including Hamilton Beach mixers, towels, and soap dispensers was sold in 1988. Different Elvis artists have been in the main role with very detailed outfits, wigs and props. Jack Singer, played by Nicolas Cage, encounters a group of "Flying Elvises" (skydiving Elvis impersonators) while trying to reunite with his fiance. In the words of Jim Croces son A.J., as quoted in Rolling Stone, Jesus Christ thats some twisted shit. We feel you on that, A.J. This tribute to Dennis Colt, the first famous Elvis impersonator, circa 1978. ODay later admitted the idea was also suggested by Rhyne and that he had his own doubts: I said, What, are you crazy? The plus sides, he still has some good moves, accomplishes an acceptable Elvis appearance and performance, but his voice doesn't sound much like Elvis. Mom was the fan in the house. A.J. After spending the next two years on the road, he and his wife, Marcia, decided to settle down in Las Vegas. So O'Day moved on: to "Rock and Roll Heaven," a tour he dreamed up that would feature not just an Elvis, but Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jim Croce, too. He would sit around talking about things like that. He could visualize things happening or ways to promote them. Shed previously worked in a health-food store, but for Rock and Roll Heaven, she developed a fleeting taste for Southern Comfort, Joplins drink of choice. The results could be comical: Caywood recalls a drive when some of them were pulled over by cops, who thought the bandaged people in the van were thieves. [45] The following year in August 1977, he was appearing at the Colonial Inn, fronting a nine-piece band called Coastal Connection. Something nobodys ever done before, recalls Effie. He was a former dancer with a Polynesian troupe. A promoter was looking for an Elvis act, says Wise, who auditioned by singing Trying to Get to You., I sang a few lines and the guy said, Thats enough, Wise says. Wow your guests with a visit from the King of Rock and Roll! appealed to everybody. A few months after Elvis died Wise traveled to Little Rock, Ark., to audition as an Elvis tribute artist. At the time, James was residing in Houston. "[18] According to George Plasketes, there are "legions of impersonators. The main character of Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo is heavily influenced by Elvis along with James Dean and Michael Jackson. The four singers he found also got surgery (it was said to have cost O'Day $500,000, though Browne also notes the surgeries were less invasive than what Wise experienced) and press, but the audience didn't materialize and a planned Vegas run allegedly fell apart over O'Day's unwillingness to let "the Vegas casino establishment" take the reins of the show. Some ETAs perform with a live band in the style of the TCB Band, complete with a brass ensemble and background singers to add to the originality; while others rely solely on karaoke for their performances. Growing up in Baltimore, he played drums in a few local bands. Elvis cant die. Spencer would perform as Elvis (often in a gold lam suit) as the main part of a mini-set in which he also did other impersonations of figures such as Buddy Holly and slide guitarist Elmore James. He wound up in one called the Flim Flam Band, where his future wife Effie saw him perform covers in her hometown of Ocala, Florida, in the early Seventies. So the surgery was an improvement., Wise made his debut onstage so soon after the surgery that black rings still encircled his eyes. As a result, Sophia's wedding reception is filled with Elvis impersonators (one played by a young Quentin Tarantino)[30] instead of members of her own family, and Rose exclaims, "Either I got the Elvis list mixed with the guest list for the wedding or everyone in Sophia's family appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show!". Despite the media splash and countless articles that accompanied it, Rock and Roll Heaven didnt exactly rock the house when it launched. They wanted the whole property to themselves.. Impersonator impresario Ed Franklin boasts, 'We've had every type of Elvis there is in the world. SUMMERS: So it is deep cuts and classics all weekend at the Birmingham Hilton. She wouldnt let go, he chuckles. "It is indeed one place minstrelsy ends up; where 19th-century white guys imitated what they thought of as slave culture and Elvis took from R & B performers, the impersonators copy the copy, if you willit's minstrelsy once-removed. Jim called Dennis, who was then selling Toyotas at a Honolulu dealership, and asked if hed want to come to Arkansas and try out for their band. Nelson even performed alongside Presley when they first met, also in 1954. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Sounds right, says Patten, laughing. According to Caywood and Gamble, no one was getting paid much, if anything at all, and what pay existed wasnt always equal. 7:30 pm. 2023 Getty Images. The plot of the Father Ted episode "Competition Time" revolves around the three main characters Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett entering the "All Priests Stars in Their Eyes Lookalike Competition". I was a small kid growing up in Joplin, Mo., he says. There are disputes about what happened next. In the "Boo Haw Haw" Halloween special of Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd, n Eddy, one of the titular characters named Eddy is dressed-up as a zombie Elvis for trick-or-treating. Their fellow townspeople understand this sentiment, but in the final scene they are shown burning those selfsame photographs, which display both Oscar and Emma dressed as Elvis. Gamble, a high-school dropout whod worked as a carpenter and in local theater productions of musicals like Bye Bye Birdie, reveled in his Kingness. He did say, Well, what can we do? >Las Vegas Entertainment Today Home Page The band shifted into Also Sprach Zarathustra (the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey), the traditional orchestral opener for Presleys shows, and Gamble, in full Elvis sunglasses and jumpsuit, welcomed everyone to the performance. There are even several radio stations[1][2] that exclusively feature Elvis impersonator material. I would see a morbid aspect if we were being crassly commercial in cashing in on dead people. The final Elvis impersonator made a splash by parachuting in on top of a car. In the Sledge Hammer! Sight unseen, always. And just like ODay, each was hungry for recognition and success, a very different type of American dream. Wises mother introduced him to Elvis music. ", O'Day landed him a week-long gig in Florida for an eye-popping $15,000 (roughly $60,000 today), but the professional relationship soured after Wise said he never got paid and sued. It just took off, Wise says. [9] In his act, Kaufman would precede with several failed impersonations before unexpectedly launching into a skilled impersonation of Elvis Presley. Shawn Klush. On the 15th of May, 2011, he entered the Elvis Down Under competition in Upper Hutt. listening to the recordings of Elvis on the family phonograph. James said that late one night, he was fooling around on his Fender guitar and using his Hammond organ pedals for a bass line and came up with what he thought was a catchy melody. So Jim said, Lets do a little Elvis thing in the show.. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Following the transformation, he made his TV debut on Good Morning Americain early 1978. The horns, strings and vocals of the Holladay Sisters were later overdubbed. Check this out for a full explanation of our conversion to the LiveFyre commenting system and instructions on how to sign up for an account. In Harry Stecopoulos and Michael Uebel, eds., "The Pedant's Return: Why the Things You Think Are Wrong Are Right" By Andrea Barham. ODay rounded up another Jim Croce and another Elvis and found a local Florida musician to go under the knife to more closely resemble Buddy Holly. I wasnt able to travel.. His mom said shed be fine with it as long as it was done in good taste, and that was good enough for her son. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at the casino cashier or by calling 702-507-5980 starting January 7, 2020. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. [3], Many impersonators sing Presley's songs. Jesus Christ thats some twisted shit, says Croces son A.J., who was only a grade schooler when ODay hired an upstart to be resculpted as Croces father. Drive. ODay scrambled and found a replacement after several tries. There Wise lay, on a table in an Orlando hospital, surrounded by photos of the King. Get our roundup of longform stories every Saturday. Wise is King for a Night on Saturday at Boulder Station. During the 1970s, a star attraction at the Aloha Lounge in Florida's Hawaiian Inn was Mr. Fatu. In a lengthy piece for Rolling Stone, David Browne digs into the "rogue '70s promoter," who decided to try to make a living by putting cover artists on stagewith faces surgically altered to look something like the late singer they were mimicking. Session guitarist Reggie Young played on both the James and Presley versions.The song is about a mistrusting and dysfunctional relationship, and the need of the characters to overcome their issues in order to maintain it. And I wasnt being paid anywhere near what Jim Morrison was. The two still performed in what tiny clubs they could, but one day a waitress told ODay, who was singing Kenny Rogers songs with another act, that he bore some resemblance to the Gambler growler. The small western New South Wales town of Parkes in Australia has been hosting the Parkes Elvis Festival since 1993, which includes a special "Elvis Express" train from Sydney to Parkes. "[25] In her paper, "Women Who 'Do Elvis'", Case Western Reserve University researcher Francesca Brittan deals with female Elvis Presley impersonators and finds them to be "campy, cheeky, and often disturbingly convincing.
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