BBC1 are even presenting a Saturday night talent show to find the world's best Elvis impersonator

Hunt on for Elvis impersonator - The Sun

That's right - not just here, people all around the globe are searching for the best Elvis impersonator in the WORLD! This show marks the 30th anniversary of the King's death. Check out this link:

Hunt on for Elvis impersonator The Sun, UK - 7 hours ago VERNON Kay is to host a BBC hunt for the world’s greatest Elvis impersonator. The show will seek the 30 best tribute acts, like the one pictured. ...

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23 cities around the world to hold competitons to find best Elvis impersonator!

First official Elvis Presley impersonator contests - Online Rock Radio

You may have read my previous post about Les Williams as a teaser to this competition. As The Online Rock Radio reports, this is the the first time that the Presley Estate has acknowledged and encouraged Elvis impersonators to compete and appear at Graceland. Pretty amazing huh?

First official Elvis Presley impersonator contests Online Rock Radio, Greece - 16 Apr 2007 The estate has sanctioned a total of 23 cities around the world to hold competitions in hopes of finding the best Elvis impersonator. ...

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Even cardiothoracic surgeons want to impersonate Elvis!

Just Having a Little Fun

Dr. Ronald Hill is a very talented man. He's a cardiothoracic surgeon, which means he operates on hearts, lungs, and other vital organs. As a professor of surgery in the WVU School of Medicine, he runs a research laboratory and supervises surgery residents.But this isn't why women throw garments at him, ask for his autograph, or faint dead away in his presence.They do these things because Hill is an Elvis impersonator. Specifically, he impersonates the Elvis of the 1973 Aloha from Hawaii television special.Hill relies on a wig, dark glasses, sequined jumpsuit, and cape to achieve his Elvis illusion. He doesn't have an "Elvis head," which, according to experts like Professor Leslie Rubinkowski, is an attribute of the most successful Elvis impersonators.But he does have a nice voice, and he can do the lip thing. And that's enough to get his audiences into the right mood.Hill has been appearing as Elvis in public for about six years, ever since an assistant in his operating room suggested that he might be able to pull it off. He sounded good singing along to "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" during surgery.Thirty shows later, Hill says his experience shows that "not all Elvis impersonators are crazy." He's even performed as Elvis before his peers at the West Virginia State Medical Association convention. "It's not my life," he says. "It's just a way to have a little fun." Before becoming an impersonator, his interest in Elvis was mostly the music, not the man. But he has become interested in Presley's life and has studied many biographies.The few of Hill's patients who know about his sideline activity "get a kick out of it," he says. One Elvis fan, on whom Hill performed a double heart valve replacement, gave him a prized Elvis whiskey decanter as a Christmas gift.Hill, who was born in Parkersburg and earned his B.A. and M.D. from WVU, says he's never met any other Elvis impersonators. He once saw the real Elvis getting out of a limousine in Chicago, but has never been to Graceland.—Tony Cook

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Good find - book on Elvis Impersonators

http://www.elimpersonators.com/html/book.htm

If you haven't heard of this book it's well worth a look (by photographer Patty Carroll).

This book is an in-depth exploration of the worldwide phenomenon of Elvis impersonators. There are believed to be between 10,000 and 30,000 people who say they are Elvis peformers from among the over 10,000,000 fans in every city in America, and every country in the world. For more than ten years, Chicago based photographer Patty Carroll has traveled across the globe to photograph over 300 Tribute Artists. The fruit of the singular obsession of this self-described "normal person" is a fabulously funny, totally engrossing portrayal of a slice of life of consuming interest to millions of people throughout the world.

Thanks elimersonators.com for this news on this tribute tribute book to all those Elvis artists - go check out more about the book

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World Best ELVIS title being chased by Murfreesboro man

Murfreesboro man chases title of world's best 'Elvis' - The Tennessean

I just saw this article about Williams going for this title after 10 years of impersonating. He can been seen during Elvis Week in August - in Memphis.

Murfreesboro man chases title of world's best 'Elvis' The Tennessean, TN - 19 hours ago Williams, a Murfreesboro resident, has been an Elvis impersonator for nearly 10 years. At 56, he's ready to put his uncanny ability to look and sound like a ... technorati tags:elvis, impersonators,

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