Elvis impersonators started to appear while Elvis was still alive,
but It wasn't until Elvis's untimely death
August 16, 1977,
that impersonating Elvis started to become popular in the mainstream. The large growth in Elvis impersonators
seems tightly linked with his ever-growing iconic status.
Andy Kaufman is considered to be one of the first notable Elvis impersonators, and Elvis himself said that Kaufman was his
favorite impersonator
In his act he would use his famous "Foreign Man" voice while dressed in the 1970s Elvis
jumpsuits to discourage guests and attendants, only to reveal that he has singing and guitar playing talents. The Cambridge
Companion to Postmodernism describes Kaufman as a "radical" comic personae, who appeared at some of his early club dates as
The Foreign Man, a "completely incompetent comic" who spoke in an Eastern European accent and "would botch the punchlines of
his unfunny 'jokes,' then insist on starting his entire act all over again each time he made an error until the audience could stand it no longer. Kaufman did not reveal that The Foreign Man was a fictional construct, but would unexpectedly launch into a skilled impersonation of Elvis Presley that seemed beyond The Foreign Man's abilities and then thank the audience once again
as The Foreign Man." Kaufman even "demanded that the audience return items of clothing he had tossed while performing Elvis. As Kaufman gained fame,
the act was used less and less.
on Sunday the 8th of January 2012 Elvis Presley would of celebrated his 77th birthday, hundreds of fans came from
around the world to make the annual pilgrimage
to his home
Graceland's,
It was early in January 1973, Elvis was due to be in Hawaii.and on the 14Th, just past
midnight,Elvis was to appear at the Honolulu International Centre, in a concert that would
be beamed live by satellite all around the world
We are having our Annual Elvis Presley Continentals Charity Festival and Car Show. Held at the Ramada Orlando Celebration Resort, 6375 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee Fl. 34747