Meet the woman who has travelled the world as an Elvis impersonator - and says her voice is so similar people can't tell she's female.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.The mother-of-one, from Knebworth, Herts, dubs herself the UK’s original female Elvis impersonator as she believes she was the first in the UK. Source: SWNS
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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 They see the look and they see the suit.
00:45 I make the entrance, get on the stage.
00:48 As soon as the music starts and I sing,
00:50 that is the moment where you've got,
00:52 you know, hopefully you've got them.
00:54 They think, "Oh," 'cause I'm not singing, you know,
00:56 ♪ You ain't never had a hound dog ♪
00:59 I'm singing, ♪ You ain't never had a hound dog ♪
01:01 And it's down there, I'm singing in the same key
01:04 that I've had to train my voice
01:06 to sing in the same key as Elvis.