Elvis impersonator is so good people can't tell she's a woman

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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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