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Sentence Examples While Spike Lee favourite Davis's deadpan performance as JFK is great, Campbell's portrayal of the ornery old Elvis steals the film. Elvis was an uneducated, backwoods boy with a big, big voice and comically bad taste. He relies on voice and mannerism when impersonating Chris Eubank and Loyd Grossman, as well as old favourites Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali. Elvis Presley has now been a dead celebrity longer than he was a living one. Our waiter was dressed as a cowboy with Elvis sunglasses and a neckerchief. Now, when I am older than Elvis was when he died, it seems equally a massive outpouring of grief at the passing of a giant, mythical figure. The re-release of Suspicious Minds has caused something of a war of words to break out between Elvis and Beatles fans in Scotland. Displays of unencumbered emotion have been a regular characteristic of pop concert audiences ever since Elvis scuffed his Blue Suede Shoes. Listeners seemed divided over whether Skaggs or musical chameleon Elvis Costello stole Thursday's show. A turquoise bracelet, a tropical-fish tank, a vest beaded with Elvis Presley's visage, canary eyes and sequin lips. The King's music played continuously, as his fans walked past the gravesites of Elvis, his parents and his grandmother. Elvis lives with his unemployed, alcoholic father in a swampland slum where even a trip to the local watering hole is tinged with danger. Elvis was a titan, a heroic everyman, an emblem of America's true greatness. I kept the fire going so that I could make Elvis cups of coffee which he preferred milky with four sugars. The former is 7 songs over 38 minutes, a paean to domestic bliss, to chores and children and Citizen Kane and Joan of Arc and Elvis. With hands on their hips they thrust their pelvises, putting Elvis to shame. Hundreds of Elvis impersonators mimic the late King's suggestive pelvic thrust and wear the now-iconic blue suede shoes. In the car he demands Elvis on the CD player and woe betide us we don't jump to it at once. I'd like to think that Elvis was there for all who were needful, or hard of heart. The media are all shook up over Elvis Presley, whose legend seems only to grow in the years after his passing. Show More Sentences Sure, he thought he was Elvis, but he was a real trooper and was performing right up until the end. Fancy dress shops have reported an unusual surge in demand for Elvis costumes this week. Parents were horrified at the antics of chubby rocker Bill Haley and swivel-hipped Elvis Presley. George Jones once drove around Memphis for a week, high on gak, and talking to a lifesize cut-out of Elvis Presley. I've heard about Elvis impersonators that get surgery to look more like The King. After gathering a collection of more than 600 Elvis LPs and various memorabilia he is keen to share his experiences with other like minded fans. The biggest record was Elvis Presley's greatest hits album, marking the silver anniversary of the King's death. I can often be seen frugging around my living room in the wee hours to a spot of Elvis. They played Elvis songs over the loudspeaker and then, the fans were allowed in, in a single-file line. There were three heats and on each night contestants had to sing songs with the themes of Motown, Elvis, country and western or New York. Elvis Presley came second, and Unchained Melody, by various artists, also rated highly. When he is not playing football or skateboarding he particularly enjoys listening to Elvis. The inimitable Eddie Vee has clocked up more TV appearances than other Elvis impersonators have had burgers. As any Elvis impersonator knows, under the hard exterior of even the clumsiest man there is a dancer trying to get out. We know Elvis would not disapprove of the tens of thousands of impersonators, the velvet paintings, the collector plates, the bobble-heads. I hope Elvis was wasted out of his skull and bought it as a joke, but that's wishful thinking. She would mention a word and I would have to sing an Elvis song with that word in it. When Elvis Hunkee and his white-bread family come strolling in, bumped onto NWA's maiden flight, the pace picks up again slightly. It's done in the style of the boogaloo of the early '50s, that sort of Elvis style. It looks cool on Elvis and Michael Jackson, but most guys just look like dufuses if their pants are too short. Show More Sentences Ten years ago, Prestwick was known chiefly as the only place in Britain that Elvis Presley had ever set foot in. Imagine that Elvis had lived, and that Col Parker got the idea that new wave was what the kids are into these days. Even the elevator music, which included a Muzak Elvis soundtrack couldn't ruin the two hours of yoga for lazy people. On stage, he is truly dynamic, exuding a palpable charisma comparable to the likes of Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. There was a real party atmosphere and a great sense of anticipation as the fans waited for the Elvis lookalike and soundalike to appear on stage. It is reputed that North America's best-attended Elvis impersonation contests took place in Quebec. Inside the Lada, the mood swings vertiginously between country-lovesick and Elvis Crespo's power salsa. The song has been covered by everyone from Nat King Cole to Dread Zeppelin, a 1990s rock band fronted by an Elvis impersonator. Elvis may have left the musical arena, but Tom was in fine voice and ready for action. Aside from occasionally adopting hubby Elvis Costello's cute little habit of syllabic elision, The Girl is character-free. Needless to say, Billy Joel, The Beach Boys, and Elvis Presley are hardly the only pop stars with devoted followings. Set among peace-loving forest dwellers in the swinging 60s, the lively production even features a guest appearance by The King himself, Elvis. While perusing the menu, Ritchie offered us an Elvis drink, a vodka and grape drink shooter. I well remember in my hometown of Sydney a place called the Elvis Pizzeria down in Rushcutters Bay that did a roaring trade as a theme noshery. Sherlock Holmes, the fictional Victorian detective whose global popularity continues to this day, has had more imagined resurrections than Elvis. It's a common misconception that Elvis got fat immediately and lost his grip. The short Welsh guy would often dress up as Elvis Presley, and do note-perfect covers of rock 'n' roll hits. Like any ex-civilian, raw recruit Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n' roll will be keeping time to ordinary bugle calls. I'm talking about the sort of satin capes with stand-up collars that Elvis wore in Vegas, or that wrestlers wear as they enter the ring. No other rock star of the 1950s had the enduring appeal of Elvis, who made 30 movies, almost all of them musicals. Show More Sentences A hilarious Elvis impersonation show left the audience rolling in the aisles. The pint-sized popstrel found success at an Elvis impersonators contest at the White Rose Shopping Centre, Leeds. I'm still going to go gaga when I meet a seemingly great guy and want to run off to Vegas with him to be married by an Elvis impersonator. It makes me wonder why I never thought of Morrissey in the context of Elvis before, if only for the pompadours, let alone the iconic stature. When the elevator doors next opened, it was to a corridor identical to the one Elvis and Lucifel had left behind in the east wing of dormitories. Their visit to Elvis is now so tangled up in drug-related memory loss that it's hard to say if anything happened at all. Elvis would never have been able get his mouth around all that college boy wordplay. Over at the unofficial Memories of Elvis store are two of his most diehard fans. Yet Elvis was not by any stretch the only artist discovered by him. Elvis Costello gives a merely mortal performance of unmoving music. The honchos call in a whiz-kid named George Weiss, who penned tunes for the likes of Elvis. One of my favorite albums is The Juliet Letters which is a collaboration between Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, a classical string quartet. Inevitably, bully boy Elvis is a nailed-on certainty for the role. I suspect he preferred the novelty of being a black man who sang like Elvis in mostly white honky-tonks to being a nearly blind visitor to the king of rock 'n' roll's court. At 16, Anneth compulsively sneaks out at night to flirt and drink at honky-tonks, dancing to the latest songs by Elvis, Patsy Cline, and Sam Cooke. Elvis nearly blew the audition by neglecting to plug in his iPod. And Vernon Presley, Elvis' dad said Elvis felt a call toward ministry. He still had a thick dirty blonde hair with a style reminiscent of Elvis. It's Elvis not just without the King but without any discernible zing. Blues with a country beat, the fusion of black and white, had found its personification in Elvis. Show More Sentences The conversation turned to Elvis when the Duchess mentioned her growing collection of Presley recordings and paraphernalia. Dr. J.T. Francisco was the man who had staunchly maintained to the world that Elvis Presley died of heart failure. With Elvis facing two years in the army, the Killer bade fair to take the crown. No one could have guessed that four working-class lads from Liverpool would become bigger than Elvis. First of all, Elvis Presley had a really rare animal magnetism. Jazz is too intellectual, give me Elvis and his shaking hips any day. And, as you'd expect, all things Elvis clutter the shelves, from figurines to drinking glasses to wallets to tins to plates to clocks to jukeboxes to lamps to cookie jars. He was dressed in an Elvis outfit, and his hair was gelled up. The songwriter's lyrics are peppered with references to vampires, premonitions, smoke and mirrors, no strings attached sexual romps and Elvis rising from the dead. You are free to tour the premises at your own pace accompanied by an audio cassette containing commentary by friends and family of Elvis including Priscilla, his former wife. He makes the case for the artist as the most influential post-war musical artist, certainly more so than Elvis, who was influential for reasons tangential to the actual music. Supporting actors include Robert Patrick as Johnny's unloving father, Tyler Hilton as a young Elvis Presley, and Shooter Jennings as his father, Waylon. Some people know Curtis through his passion as an Elvis impersonator, including a snarl and long sideburns. At a Chicago block party in August 2009, Blago did his best Elvis impression. Say one thing for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, he certainly has the right hair to impersonate Elvis. Man, is he mixed up in a whole lot of different stuff, from karate to Elvis impersonating to fiction writing. Dance heavy and joyously excessive, Viva Elvis is a pat on the back that celebrates itself. It was a time of Bill Haley and the Comets, Elvis and the jitterbug. The Elvis impersonator and telly addict is back on the box tomorrow. True enough, but he neglected to mention that Elvis also owned a pair of bikini briefs of many colors, not to mention 22 Cadillacs and a chimp named Scatter. Show More Sentences In 1974 Parker awarded Elvis an eighth degree black belt in Kenpo karate. You always know what to expect from an Elvis movie, and this one settles comfortably into its well established formula like a baby kangaroo in its momma's pouch. He appears as a man who can channel spirits, and impersonates Elvis. Elvis had barely left the building before TVNZ was getting the knives out. Meanwhile, York's Elvis impersonator Eddie Vee will swap his rhinestone jumpsuit for a dapper two-piece when he takes to the stage as Buddy Holly. Without Elvis, we might all be listening to jazz or skiffle. Elvis made more money but Boots Roots was every whit as successful. As the assault on the park unfolds, the Zombie Master and his favorite Zombie, Elvis, discover Disney asleep in his subbasement casket. Hillbillying troubadors, the bohemians of a new world, not cafe society but more like the poor white origins of an Elvis Presley. Betsy eats up the attention like a bobbysoxer at an Elvis concert. It won't be long before Luca will have them kissing his ring. The band's earliest influences include Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Weather Report played the main stage, and Elvis Costello headlined the last night for almost three hours. Another successful Nova Scotia songwriter was Hank Snow whose songs have been recorded by The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. Early in Eurythmics' career, Lennox was known for her androgyny, wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis Presley. All royalties will go towards Save the Children UK and money raised in the USA will be donated to the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation. In Hollywood, Jones met Elvis Presley for the first time who he recalls singing his song as he walked towards him on set. Jones and his idol Elvis Presley met in 1965 at the Paramount film stage, when Elvis was filming Paradise, Hawaiian Style. Her siblings had varied music tastes, exposing her to artists such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and the Beatles. She was also exposed to the music of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and other 60s bands due to her siblings's musical tastes. The band has also made reference to Blur, Elvis Costello, and Wynton Marsalis as major influences in their work. Show More Sentences Elvis Costello moved to Birkenhead in 1971 with his mother, who was from Liverpool, although Elvis's father was himself from Birkenhead. Elvis lived there briefly and formed his first band, a folk duo named Rusty. As an adolescent during the 1950s, Hendrix became interested in rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry. Elvis Presley, who created a sensation in the 1950s as a crossover artist and contributed to rock 'n' roll, was a native of Tupelo. Compared to Elvis, avuncular Bill with his ludicrously contrived kiss curl was a wrinkly. The other, and in some ways, more interesting, refusnik this week is Elvis Costello. After Elvis was pronounced dead, Dr. Nick signed the death certificate. Christoper Badman, 37, picked on a hotel full of Elvis Presley fans who were in town for a festival. Before the night was over, ballerinas were doing doo-wop backup for the vocalists and dancing with the Elvis impersonator. Did you see pics of Cat Deeley last week rhapsodising over Damian Lewis doing an Elvis impression? The Labour campaign reached new levels of loopiness on Saturday when Gordon Brown appeared with an Elvis impersonator. The birth of Rock and Roll was upon us with Teddy Boys, drain pipe trousers, and the emergence of a young American singer called Elvis Presley. Susanne is a compere at the Gilded Balloon in her native Scotland, and has appeared on TV in Naked Elvis, Skoosh and Scottish Women. Everyone's buying boring shoes from evil businessman Bunyan Soleless and time is running out for Elvis. First and most important, Curtis is not just an Elvis impersonator. Mr Weaver is well known locally as lead singer in Elvis Presley tribute band DW and the Road Rockets. Together with Chris Difford, he is right up there with classic English tunesmiths Lennon and McCartney, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello. Peter Guralnick has written biographies of Elvis and Sam Cooke. From Elvis to Elgar, and Greensleeves to Gaga, they play each and every style of music in an unimitable style. Elvis will be coming back before censure does,'' Gramm said gleefully after the trial was gaveled to a close. Show More Sentences Elvis Pavon scored for North in the 29th minunte, and Colin Marshall tallied a goal in the 36th minute. Prizes will be awarded and each participant receives a specially made golf shirt, Elvis golf balls, and commemorative divot repair tool. And every aspect of his incredible career is explored in Elvis Rocks, which comes to Rhyl Pavilion next week. Now Shawn Klush, winner of BBC1's World's Greatest Elvis search, will be performing in Wales as part of his latest tour. A cheesy duet with an Elvis impersonator and a holier-than-thou Gospel finale are less impressive. Their style can maybe be best described as a punkier version of Elvis Costello with the occasional nod to The Eels and Talking Heads. A poll recently revealed that this year's top unwanted Christmas gifts in Britain were home-knitted pullovers, talcum powder, sandwich toasters, and Elvis Presley clocks. We had nothing on the walls, maybe a santo or a calendar with the Sacred Heart, but there were no teen idols like Fabian or Elvis, Pukey green, our room was a prison. While I've always admired his spirituals, I had no idea Elvis was so interested in spiritual studies and so very involved in learning and sharing his knowledge. Halliday also played the young Elvis in the theatre show Elvis In Concert. The most serious incident occurred in December when Elvis, a male Visayan warty pig, attacked his partner Manilla, who had just given birth to a piglet, killing both. Of their first time out, in a quiet west London restaurant, he said that it was an out-of-body experience, listening to her talk about Elvis, the Mirror reported. They kept him below the megastardom reserved for Elvis and The Beatles. Queen of the B-movies, Mafia Girl and Lover of Elvis Presley. Available in every shade from a kind of salmony pink to fuchsia to gold, they sat winking at me like a group of Elvis impersonators at a speed dating event. The quid pro quo for the Washington audience was Dominican choreographer Carlos Veitia's compelling Hispaniola, performed by Ballet Clasico's Isbell Piedra and Elvis Guzman. Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi. Presleyterianism teaches us that there is no discrepancy between science and theology, no disparity between putting your trust in physics and technology or believing in Elvis. Blues featuring Elvis Presley is shot on board of this ship. His early compositions and performances were strongly influenced by rock and rollers like Little Richard and Elvis Presley, and also the wider world of show business. Show More Sentences The Bee Gees were influenced by the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Mills Brothers, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison the Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder. If there hadn't been Elvis, there would not have been the Beatles. Towards the end of the tour, they met with Elvis Presley, a foundational musical influence on the band, who invited them to his home in Beverly Hills. It may be painful to remember that the latter day Elvis, he of the Las Vegas leer, became a besequined Jabba the Hutt, a virtual caricature of himself. Examples from Classical Literature Was the location for 1936 film called Fun in Acapulco, starring Elvis Presley as a lifeguard. Osborne doubles as stand-up comedian Turbo Elvis and his witty yet deliberately bad jokes are just as entertaining as his songs. In the same way Elvis Presley would ruggedly attempt to croon your trousers off, Jack Johnson instead soothed your board shorts back on. Angie Marchese, director of archives at Elvis Presley Enterprises, said the negatives were tucked in a small envelope with no writing on it. Some are young, like prime Elvis with genuine dark locks and side whiskers. Tragic Andrea, pictured, had just been to see an Elvis impersonator when she died a mile away from the legendary Heartbreak Hotel. If the story of Noah and the flood has a kernel of truth, Elvis wasn't the first person whose lechery stirred the ire of the tribal elders. Jamie Beamish is at his hipshaking, lip-curling best as he transforms servant Launcelot Gobbo into a gloriously over-thetop Elvis Presley impersonator. Angie Marchese, director of archives at Elvis Presley Enterprises, revealed that the negatives were tucked in a small envelope with no writing on it. Then throughout the weekend impersonators will be battling it out for the top honour of European Elvis Champion with the winner crowned on Sunday. The show features more than two hours of top hits from Elvis Presley's 23-year recording career including Jailhouse Rock, Suspicious Minds, Hound Dog and Devil In Disguise. Find more words! 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