NASHVILLE — Elvis Presley fans are competing online in the second annual Elvis MySpace Karaoke Contest for a trip to Memphis to compete in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist showdown in August.
Last year’s karaoke contest was won by a Texas Tech University voice major with a love of jazz and a Norah Jones quality to her version of Elvis’ “If I Can Dream.”
Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern said this year’s winner will battle it out with some of the best Elvis tribute artists in the world. Graceland’s “ultimate” Elvis contest began during the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ death in 2007 and has turned into one of the most popular attractions along with the annual candlelight vigil during the weeklong August tribute.
Kern said hundreds of contenders who follow the Elvis MySpace page learned of the contest Wednesday and quickly recorded their versions of one of three contest songs — “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “A Little Less Conversation.”
Contenders must upload their song or songs by July 14. MySpace will narrow them to 10 finalists to be judged by Memphis entertainment agency Resource Entertainment Group. “Some of the entries sound like full-fledged Elvis tribute artists while others are like American Idol contestants,” Kern said of the range of talent.
To record an entry or to listen to the entries, go to http://ksolo.myspace.com.
Michael Lollar may be reached at 901-529-2793.
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trollhair writes:
No need to be sad. He was a white man. A WHITE man. We loaned him to the rest of the world. He was one of us....... (paraphrasing Jamie Foxx's speech about Michael Jackson).
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