{"id":1441,"date":"2015-11-16T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:33:11","slug":"elvis-impersonators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/?p=1441","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Impersonators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are probably hundreds of guys who are Elvis Impersonators, singing his favorite love songs, but I would like to share a few with you.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r59AWfhwpPg\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Kaufman on the Johnny Carson Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Love me&#8221; and &#8220;Blue suede shoes.&#8221; I think this guy is very funny.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ppttxQoc74Q\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Kaufman \u00a0on the Johnny Cash Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s when your heartaches begin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHKUcXNq_xk\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Kaufman &#8211; Treat me nice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnny Cash said that Andy was Elvis&#8217; favorite impersonator.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fQ0roXH4TX0\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Portsmouth at Collingwood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was typing it, I made an error and typed Dollingwood! Maybe Dolly Parton will come next! This is Ben singing &#8220;I can&#8217;t stop loving you&#8221; &#8211; one of my own personal favorite love songs.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgYiRnyT3Lc\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Klush<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgYiRnyT3Lc\" target=\"_blank\">a<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgYiRnyT3Lc\" target=\"_blank\">t Collingwood 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the ultimate Elvis Impersonator winners. CC Rider.<\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CWyYYXb71s0\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Fontaine &#8211; When my blue moon turns to gold again.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He plays the guitar real good!<\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POSjWzx40-A\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Fontaine &#8211; (make up man) &#8211; Hound Dog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The make up is incredible. All of these artists are so incredible, and do such wonderful imitations of the king.<\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GMGG1uhDgUA\" target=\"_blank\">Donny Edwards &#8211; alias The king<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is very interesting to hear Donny&#8217;s story of how people persuaded him to get into it.<\/p>\n<p>9. C<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1AykAVKDHDM\" target=\"_blank\">hris Connor &#8211; Rise of a Legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He looks a lot like Elvis.<\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wE4mr4whQp4\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Lee \u2013 Walk a mile in my shoes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a good song &#8211; the words are so true. So many people love to criticize, when they don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to be in your shoes.<\/p>\n<p>11. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IzmNOEfD6Io\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Memphis finalists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So many Elvis Impersonators. Looks like the women love it!<\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H6YvJUHSVK4\" target=\"_blank\">Cody Ray Slaughter at\u00a0Collingwood 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shake, rattle and roll, baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>13. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=36LBQ-3lcAU\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Impersonator &#8211; Dean Z \u00a0&#8211; Las Vegas 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receives the &#8220;Heart of the king&#8221; award, then goes into action. Wow, Dean does all the moves of the king in just a couple of songs. He is very good at his imitation. I wonder how his girlfriend feels about him kissing all the girls.<\/p>\n<p>14. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7G8av6iXyag\" target=\"_blank\">Priscilla at\u00a0Collingwood 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow, it is so nice to see her. She is the real deal. The ex-wife. Up close and personal. Knows all about him. I read her book some years back. She is a year older than me &#8211; I just looked it up.<\/p>\n<p>15. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8I2fzmblUgY\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Carrey &#8211; Blue suede shoes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this might be part of a movie.<\/p>\n<p>16. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s5XWSeXffgo\" target=\"_blank\">David Scott &#8211; Always on my mind<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is sad to see he died so young.<\/p>\n<p>17. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2015\/06\/05\/all-shook-up-woman-discovers-lost-dad-is-elvis-impersonator.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Canadian woman looking for her father &#8211; he turns out to be an Elvis impersonator in Thailand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw this on the news the other week, and I thought it was very interesting.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2015\/06\/05\/all-shook-up-woman-discovers-lost-dad-is-elvis-impersonator.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n18. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=298&amp;v=I05OX61iOSs\" target=\"_blank\">Colin &#8220;Elvis&#8221; Young<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She found her Daddy!<\/p>\n<p>19.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUy8-triBHQ\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Stevens &#8211; I saw Elvis in a UFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw Elvis and a UFO, but not at the same time! This guy is so funny.<\/p>\n<p>20.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PbTsngEz-2c\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Priestly at Silky O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>21.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKqjb3eNMJU\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Priestly \u2013 Eternity Rolls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>22.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PrXKTQRV76U\" target=\"_blank\">Gospel Elvis &#8211; Leland Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have had his poster on my bedroom wall for the last 20 years!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/favorite-love-songs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC00014.crop_.rotate1.fixed_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/favorite-love-songs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC00014.crop_.rotate1.fixed_.jpg?resize=562%2C828\" alt=\"dsc00014-crop-rotate1-fixed\" width=\"562\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/favorite-love-songs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC00014.crop_.rotate1.fixed_.jpg?w=562&amp;ssl=1 562w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/favorite-love-songs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC00014.crop_.rotate1.fixed_.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To book &#8220;Gospel Elvis&#8221; Leland Johnson for your next event please call 403-607-4434 or visit website: <a href=\"http:\/\/lelandjohnson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">lelandjohnson.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also have a gospel site: <a href=\"http:\/\/countrygospelandbible.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">countrygospelandbible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are probably hundreds of guys who are Elvis Impersonators, singing his favorite love songs, but I would like to share a few with you. 1.\u00a0Andy Kaufman on the Johnny Carson Show &#8220;Love me&#8221; and &#8220;Blue suede shoes.&#8221; I think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/?p=1441\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[195],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1YcSU-nf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}