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Clearance Giddens is an Elvis impersonator called "Black Elvis". He performs sporting a pompadour, sideburns, and bright red jumpsuit. Giddens' Black Elvis act regularly appeared on national TV programs in the 1990s, and he was cast as Black Elvis in the 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas. [1] [2]
Contrary to popular belief, Elvis impersonators have existed since the mid-1950s, just after Elvis Presley himself began his career. 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."
Robert Washington (born August 16, 1958) is an American Elvis impersonator who has won many Elvis competitions in the United States. Washington is African American, [4] [5] and was the first African American to win the World Champion Elvis Impersonator title.
In addition to his Elvis impersonations, he has also transformed into “Roy Orbison, Joe Cocker, Waylon Jennings, Paul McCartney (and) Dean Martin.” “I met a lot of good friends and my wife ...
The three-episode docuseries will examine the bizarre true crime case that took Tupelo by storm in 2013.
Elvis Presley impersonator Matt King, who lives in Dearborn, Michigan and whose real name is Matthew J. Chantelois, performs on June 2, 2023, during a "Hot Wheels" First Fridays promotional event ...
The Kings of Tupelo is a crime drama documentary series that weaves together a complex narrative involving a small-town feud, internet conspiracy, Elvis impersonation, black market organ trafficking, and a presidential assassination attempt in Mississippi.
When someone mailed poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and others in 2013, investigators quickly zeroed in on a conspiracy-theory addled Elvis Presley impersonator from Tupelo, Miss., as ...