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Album Details: Some Think He Might Be King Elvis

Release Date:01/01/1991
Label:Bear Family
UPC:790051155483

Track List: Some Think He Might Be King Elvis

  1. That's All Right
  2. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  3. Rockabilly Rebel
  4. See You Later, Alligator
  5. Susie Q
  6. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
  7. Rockin' Little Angel
  8. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  9. Long Tall Sally
  10. Memphis Sun
  11. Peggy Sue
  12. Matchbox
  13. There's No Easy Way
  14. Baby Please Say Yes
  1. Born
  2. If I Can't Have You
  3. Ain't No Good
  4. Some You Win, Some You Lose
  5. Look Me Up (And Lay It On Me)
  6. Old Mexico
  7. Rainbow Maker
  8. Anybody Out There
  9. Midnight Rendevous
  10. Maybe Tomorrow
  11. She Hates To Be Wrong
  12. What Now My Love
  13. Me And Bobby McGee

Pro Reviews: Some Think He Might Be King Elvis

  • All Music Guide

    Only a handful of Elvis Presley impressionists proved viable on the popularity charts: Terry Stafford, Ral Donner, and Orion (aka Jimmy Ellis), all of whom cultivated a soundalike style that transcended mere influence and entered the realm of vocal impersonation. Sun Records' marketing of Orion took the schtick one step further than Donner and Stafford did by implying that Orion actually was Elvis, who had (the story goes) faked his own death to escape the scrutiny of fame. It's unclear why Elvis would go to such lengths only to reemerge singing his old songs and looking exactly like his former self down to the sequined duds and pompadour hairstyle but wearing a Lone Ranger mask and using a different name. Nevertheless, that was the legend of Orion, whose voice was so similar to Elvis' that many wishful fans fully embraced the fanciful resurrection story. Some Think He Might Be King Elvis is an anthology of Orion's Sun recordings from 19721982 that includes a handful of previously un...released cuts. During this period he graced the country charts nearly a dozen times with minor hits like "Rockabilly Rebel" and a cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," but only a few of Orion's hits appear on the anthology. Most of the songs are Orion's versions of classic rock roll numbers like "Rockin' Little Angel" and "Peggy Sue," along with early'80s ballads on which he sounds very much like Elvis. The joy in Orion's music, apart from indulging in the appealing fantasy that Elvis didn't die, is the opportunity it affords to hear a good pseudoElvis perform songs like Bobby Mitchell's "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" that sound like something the real Elvis would have recorded. Orion really does manage to recapture a little of the Elvis magic, and he certainly rises to the top among the ranks of Elvis impersonators who have made commercial recordings. Elvis and Orion enthusiasts wanting to dig even deeper into the Jimmy Ellis experience can seek out Bear Family's fourdisc Orion box set, Who Was That Masked Man? - Greg Adams, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Orion

The music industry is filled with many strange tales of artists whose lives took unexpected turns on the winding road to success, but the saga of singer Jimmy Ellis is perhaps one of the weirdest of them all. He was professionally known as Orion, and his double-edged claim to fame was that his natural speaking and singing voice sounded almost exactly like that of Elvis ... Read more