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Orion [US1]

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Aliases
Ellis James
Jimmy Ellis
Real name
James Hughes Ellis
Born
February 26, 1945
Died
December 12, 1998
Country
United States
Comments
Country and rock 'n' roll singer mostly remembered as an Elvis Presley impersonator. With his trademark mask and a speaking voice similar to Presley's, he helped fuel the speculation that Elvis was still alive after 1977.
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Covers by Orion [US1]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1992 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
  2000 Marty Robbins REC, Frankie Laine - With The Jimmy Bowen Orch. & Chorus REL
1978 Pino Donaggio - Orchestra dir. da P. Reverberi, Dusty Springfield
1979 Bo Diddley
  June 21, 1979 Roy Hamilton REL, Lenny Welch - Orchestra conducted by Bert Keyes REC
1999 Charlie Rich
December 12, 1980 The Statesmen Quartet
1992 Harmoneers Quartet with Piano Accompaniment
1999 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
December 15, 1981 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
December 13, 1978 Ray Charles
May 26, 1980 Ronnie Mack [US1]
2000 Elvis Presley
1995 (unknown)
We Can't Go on Living Like This Jimmy Ellis Unverified
  1990 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
1979 Glen Campbell
1999 Carl Perkins [US1]
1992 Elvis Presley
1999 The Escorts [US-KY]
1992 Bill Anderson [US1]
May 26, 1980 Lefty Frizzell
1999 Wayne Cochran
1992 Don Williams
1972 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
May 26, 1980 Dee Mullins
1999 Ray Peterson with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
1999 Mark Dinning
1978 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
December 13, 1978 Chuck Berry
  November 5, 1980 Dale Hawkins REC,REL
1999 Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
2000 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
1979 Anne Murray
1992 Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
December 15, 1981 Maurice Jarre, Ray Conniff and The Singers
December 12, 1980 Miss Hinkle and Mr. MacDonough
December 15, 1981 Anne Murray
1992 Pointer Sisters
December 3, 1979 Charlie Rich
1992 Ivory Joe Hunter
November 1979 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
1997 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  1992 Nat Stuckey REL, Jack Greene REC
1992 Elvis Presley
May 26, 1980 Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
November 5, 1980 Bobby Charles
  1979 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
1997 Elvis Presley
1997 Elvis Presley
1979 Ben Peters
1999 T.G. Sheppard
1999 Austin Roberts
November 5, 1980 Ray Smith [US3]
November 5, 1980 Matchbox
1978 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
May 26, 1980 Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans
1999 Carl Perkins [US1]
2001 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
  1992 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
May 26, 1980 Hank Locklin
1990 Nat Stuckey
November 5, 1980 Buddy Holly
December 12, 1980 Flying Clouds of Detroit
1999 Jimmy Isle
December 3, 1979 Charlie Rich
2000 Smiley Lewis
1997 (unknown)
December 15, 1981 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
1978 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
1978 Mark James [US1]
December 3, 1979 Barrett Strong
June 21, 1979 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
2000 Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
November 5, 1980 Murry Kellum
1978 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
1991 Roger Miller [US-OK]
1999 Chuck Berry and His Combo
November 5, 1980 Carl Perkins [US1]
December 3, 1979 Carl Perkins [US1]
  2000 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
June 21, 1979 Rhythm Steppers
1978 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
1992 John Paul Young
November 5, 1980 Little Richard and His Band
  1999 Wynn Stewart REC, Vern Stovall REL
1999 Carl Belew & His Rock Crushers
2000 Elvis Presley
1992 Doris Akers
1989 Ray Charles
1978 Elvis Presley
May 1977 Stewart Family
December 12, 1980 (unknown)
1995 Edison Male Quartette
1990 Elvis Presley
1997 Elvis Presley
December 13, 1978 Jerry Lee Lewis
1978 (unknown), Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
1997 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
1992 Dwight Yoakam
December 12, 1980 Stuart Hamblen
December 12, 1980 (unknown)
November 5, 1980 Bobby Mitchell
December 15, 1981 Leon Payne
December 13, 1978 Leon Payne
1992 Rev. J.M. Gates
1997 Bing Crosby
1979 Smiley Lewis
1990 The Singing Rambos
1999 Elvis Presley - Scotty and Bill
2000 Elvis Presley
2000 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
December 15, 1981 Don Gibson
  December 12, 1980 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
1978 Roy Hamilton
1992 B.J. Thomas
1999 Carl Perkins [US1]
May 1979 Bob Shane
1997 Elvis Presley
December 12, 1980 Doug Oldham
1997 Gene Autry
  May 26, 1980 Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
December 13, 1978 Fats Domino
December 15, 1981 Billy Brown
  1995 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
May 26, 1980 Johnny Darrell
June 21, 1979 John Greer and The Rhythm Rockers
December 3, 1979 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
  December 13, 1978 The Valiants [US1] REL, Little Richard REC
December 3, 1979 Carl Perkins [US1]
1999 Carl Perkins - The Rockin Guitar Man
1999 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
December 3, 1979 Charlie Rich
2000 Elvis Presley
December 15, 1981 Line Renaud, Morris Albert
May 26, 1980 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
1999 Jody Reynolds
May 1979 The Everly Brothers
2000 Elvis Presley
December 3, 1979 Carl Perkins [US1]
2000 Darrell Glenn
November 5, 1980 Queen
May 26, 1980 Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
1999 Johnny Cash
December 13, 1978 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
December 13, 1978 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
1999 Charlie Rich
1978 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
1978 Arthur Alexander
  December 3, 1979 Ray Smith [US3] REC, Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano REL
1972 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
  2000 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1997 Doye O'Dell
June 21, 1979 Duane Dee
1992 The Bill Gaither Trio
December 3, 1979 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
1999 Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
1995 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
1992 Billy & The Beaters
2000 Charles Hart [US]
May 26, 1980 Carl Belew
2000 (unknown), Bob Gibson [US], (unknown), Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF, Mickey Newbury
1992 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
2000 David Hill with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
1985 Gene McDaniels