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Jimmy Ellis


70’s Uptempo Rockabilly

Birth name, Jimmy Hughes Bell aka Jimmy Ellis / Orion, Years active 1962-1998

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Jimmy Ellis [Orion] is credited to this release (Elvis soundalike)

Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

Born 1945; Died December 12, 1998 (aged 53), Orrville, Alabama

Mississippi

Info! Jimmy Ellis

Jimmy Ellis aka Orion

Jimmy Hughes Bell (February 26, 1945 - December 12, 1998), who used the stage name Orion at times in his career, was an American singer. His voice was similar to Elvis Presley's, a fact which he and his record company played upon, making some believe that some of his recordings were by Presley, or even that Presley had not died in 1977. Ellis appeared with many artists including Loretta LynnJerry Lee LewisTammy WynetteRicky SkaggsLee GreenwoodGary Morris, and the Oak Ridge Boys.

Early life

Ellis was born in Washington, D.C., United States, into a single parent home. His birth certificate states the mother was a secretary named Gladys Bell and the father was Vernon (no surname). When Ellis was two, they moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he was put up for adoption.   Read full text here >>>   Jimmy Ellis

This release, Original release SUN S-1129 (US1972

That's alright    b/w    Blue moon of Kentucky

That's alright - 1972

Blue moon of Kentucky - 1972


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