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Elvis Impersonating Others...
The thread on Elvis 'doing' Johnny Cash got me thinking.....
How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
Johnny Cash
Jackie Wilson [a member of Billy Ward's Dominoes]
Hank Snow [I'm With the Crowd, But Oh, So Alone]
Roy Orbison [brief snatch of Running Scared]
Fats Domino [Blueberry Hill]
Tiny Tim [snatch of Tiptoe Thru The Tulips]
(He did covers of other artists [like Little Richard & Chuck Berry] but without actually 'doing' their voices.)
Any more ?
How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
Johnny Cash
Jackie Wilson [a member of Billy Ward's Dominoes]
Hank Snow [I'm With the Crowd, But Oh, So Alone]
Roy Orbison [brief snatch of Running Scared]
Fats Domino [Blueberry Hill]
Tiny Tim [snatch of Tiptoe Thru The Tulips]
(He did covers of other artists [like Little Richard & Chuck Berry] but without actually 'doing' their voices.)
Any more ?
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And Only The Lonely..ColinB wrote:The thread on Elvis 'doing' Johnny Cash got me thinking.....
How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
Roy Orbison [brief snatch of Running Scared]
Any more ?
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On the hoary studio master of "Girl Of Mine" he sounds a lot like his pal Tom Jones, but not in a good way.
However, some of the balls-to-the-wall blues power in his June 1968 TV Special voice may also be traced to catching the Welshman's act in Las Vegas two months prior, and in a good way.
However, some of the balls-to-the-wall blues power in his June 1968 TV Special voice may also be traced to catching the Welshman's act in Las Vegas two months prior, and in a good way.
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I think someone posted here a while back that he tried to do Karen Carpenter!!!!ColinB wrote: How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
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A truly awful thought to contemplate, but I believe you may well be correct.woodleyjohn wrote:I'd say he sounds more like Humperdinck.drjohncarpenter wrote:On the studio master of "Girl Of Mine" he sounds a lot like his pal Tom Jones, but not in a good way.
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The song is 'Ode To Billie Joe'.chris c wrote:There's even a Vegas show where Bobbie Gentry is in the audience and Elvis does a line of Tallahatchee Bridge (sp?) which sounds astonishingly like Bobbie, especially considering she is a woman.
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I hear a touch of him impersonating Bob Dylan in the snippet of 'I shall be released'. He does'nt sound like himself, more like he is trying to sound like Bob, seeing as he really did'nt like Dylan's voice
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Re: Elvis Impersonating Others...
Elvis Impersonating himself after 1975...
ColinB wrote:The thread on Elvis 'doing' Johnny Cash got me thinking.....
How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
Johnny Cash
Jackie Wilson [a member of Billy Ward's Dominoes]
Hank Snow [I'm With the Crowd, But Oh, So Alone]
Roy Orbison [brief snatch of Running Scared]
Fats Domino [Blueberry Hill]
Tiny Tim [snatch of Tiptoe Thru The Tulips]
(He did covers of other artists [like Little Richard & Chuck Berry] but without actually 'doing' their voices.)
Any more ?
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Bo DiddleyColinB wrote:The thread on Elvis 'doing' Johnny Cash got me thinking.....
How many singers did Elvis ever 'do' ?
Johnny Cash
Jackie Wilson [a member of Billy Ward's Dominoes]
Hank Snow [I'm With the Crowd, But Oh, So Alone]
Roy Orbison [brief snatch of Running Scared]
Fats Domino [Blueberry Hill]
Tiny Tim [snatch of Tiptoe Thru The Tulips]
(He did covers of other artists [like Little Richard & Chuck Berry] but without actually 'doing' their voices.)
Any more ?
Glen Campbell
Liberace
Paul Anka
Sammy Davis
Tom Jones
Wayne Newton
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Erm....?
Bobbie Gentry ("Ode To Billie Joe") ("I was out chopping wood and my brother was bailing hay..." -- during the recording of "Hi Heel Sneakers")
Bing Crosby (heavy emphasis on lower register in several "Blue Hawaii" songs sounds like he was emulating him or other crooners of old)
Dean Martin (allegedly sang the first lines of "That's Amore" during a Vegas concert?)
The Beatles ("Hey Jude") (Badly)
Bobbie Gentry ("Ode To Billie Joe") ("I was out chopping wood and my brother was bailing hay..." -- during the recording of "Hi Heel Sneakers")
Bing Crosby (heavy emphasis on lower register in several "Blue Hawaii" songs sounds like he was emulating him or other crooners of old)
Dean Martin (allegedly sang the first lines of "That's Amore" during a Vegas concert?)
The Beatles ("Hey Jude") (Badly)