Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
Died
12 December 1998 (aged 53)
Jimmy Ellis aka Orion. Born in 1945 in Orville, Alabama. His natural voice was very similar to the voice of Elvis Presley, and he used his voice in a masked stage character called Orion, taken from a novel of Gail Brewer-Giorgio based on a famous singer who fakes his own death. Jimmy Ellis began recording in 1964 for the Dradco label. In 1972 recorded for Sun Records two Elvis’s songs: That’s All Right Mama and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. In 1979 Ellis recorded many old Jerry Lee Lewis’s songs overdubbing the Jerry’s voice: Sweet Little Sixteen, Save The Last Dance For Me, Cold Cold He… read more
Jimmy Ellis aka Orion. Born in 1945 in Orville, Alabama. His natural voice was very similar to the voice of Elvis Presley, and he used his voice in a masked stage character called Orion, taken from a novel of Gail Brewer-Giorgio based on a famous singer who fakes his own death. Jimmy Ellis b… read more
Jimmy Ellis aka Orion. Born in 1945 in Orville, Alabama. His natural voice was very similar to the voice of Elvis Presley, and he used his voice in a masked stage character called Orion, taken from a novel of Gail Brewer-Giorgio based on a famous singer who fakes his own death. Jimmy Ellis began recording in 1964 for the Dradco label. In 1972 recorded for Sun Re… read more
