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Elvis impersonator is so good people can't tell she's a woman
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18/09/2023
Jan Waite, 53, has been hooked on impersonating the King of Rock and Roll since she debuted her tribute act at a holiday camp aged three.
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00:00
♪ Don't stop the hanging on me ♪
00:02
♪ Don't make me feel this way ♪
00:05
♪ Come on over here and love me ♪
00:08
♪ You know what I wanted you to say ♪
00:10
I'm Jannie James.
00:11
I'm the UK's original
00:15
female Elvis impersonator performer ETA.
00:19
♪ Don't be cruel ♪
00:21
♪ Too hard, that's true ♪
00:23
All kinds of Elvis eras, every outfit you can imagine.
00:26
I just love it, and of course I love Elvis.
00:29
It's bringing, you know, keeping it all alive,
00:32
keeping Elvis still out there.
00:35
I'm sure he doesn't need me or anybody else,
00:37
but it is nice to have the live experience
00:41
of singing live in concert.
00:43
♪ Oh baby, it's just you I'm thinking of ♪
00:48
My mum put me on stage, and I was very nervous,
00:56
I still am, singing as Donny Osmond.
00:59
I used to play the guitar a little bit,
01:00
which was bigger than me.
01:01
Even though I was a professional jockey for a while,
01:04
I was still singing and entertaining all kinds of songs.
01:09
But the Elvis is my true love, you know,
01:13
it's never left me.
01:14
I do a lot of charity work as well,
01:17
because it just gives you a good feeling
01:19
to be doing something positive.
01:21
♪ You know I can't be found ♪
01:24
♪ Sitting home all alone ♪
01:27
- What's people's reactions when they see you?
01:30
- They probably think, "Who's that little boy?"
01:32
They see the look, and they see the suit,
01:34
they make the entrance, get on the stage.
01:37
As soon as the music starts and I sing,
01:39
that is the moment where you've got,
01:41
you know, hopefully you've got them,
01:43
they think, "Oh," 'cause I'm not singing,
01:45
you know, ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪
01:47
I'm singing, ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪
01:50
And it's down there, I'm singing in the same key
01:53
that I've had to train my voice
01:55
to sing in the same key as Elvis.
01:57
♪ Come on over here and love me ♪
02:00
♪ You know what I want you to say ♪
02:03
♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪
02:06
It's a buzz.
02:08
You put the suit on, you feel all Elvis-y,
02:10
the moves come, you know,
02:12
and it just has that effect on people.
02:15
It's nice to be the only female amongst that.
02:18
They know that I'm singing from the heart.
02:20
But no, it's been a lifelong thing for me.
02:23
You know, it's never gonna end.
02:24
I'm not gonna stop.
02:26
As long as you're respectful and sincere,
02:29
which I, you know, that's what I portray,
02:31
you know, I don't like anything detrimental to Elvis.
02:35
It's a sincere remembrance and tribute to Elvis,
02:39
so I wouldn't have it any other way.
02:41
♪ Oh baby, it's just you I'm thinking of ♪
02:46
(blows air)
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