00:00 Come on over here and love me.
00:02 You know what I wanted you to say.
00:05 Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
00:08 I'm Janet James.
00:10 I'm the UK's original female Elvis impersonator performer ETA.
00:17 Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
00:21 All kinds of Elvis eras, every outfit you can imagine.
00:25 I just love it.
00:26 And of course, I love Elvis.
00:28 It's bringing, you know, keeping it all alive,
00:31 keeping Elvis still out there.
00:33 I'm sure he doesn't need me or anybody else.
00:36 But it is nice to have the live experience
00:39 of him singing live in concert.
00:41 [MUSIC - ELVIS PRESLEY, "I'M NOT A LOVER"]
00:43 (SINGING) Oh, baby, it's just you I am thinking of.
00:47 My mom put me on stage.
00:53 And I was very nervous.
00:54 I still am, singing as Donny Osmond.
00:57 I used to play the guitar a little bit,
00:59 which was bigger than me.
01:00 Even though I was a professional jockey for a while,
01:02 I was still singing and entertaining
01:05 all kinds of songs.
01:07 But the Elvis is my true love.
01:09 You know, it's never left me.
01:11 I do a lot of charity work as well,
01:13 because it just gives you a good feeling
01:16 to be doing something positive.
01:18 (SINGING) You know I can't be found sitting home all alone.
01:24 They probably think, who's that little boy?
01:26 They see the look, and they see the suit.
01:28 I make the entrance, get on the stage.
01:30 As soon as the music starts and I sing,
01:33 that is the moment where you've got--
01:35 you know, hopefully you've got them.
01:36 They think, oh, because I'm not singing, you know,
01:39 (SINGING) you ain't nothing but a hand doll.
01:41 I'm singing, (SINGING) you ain't nothing but a hand doll.
01:44 It's down there.
01:44 I'm singing in the same key that I've
01:47 had to train my voice to sing in the same key as Elvis.
01:51 (SINGING) Come on over here and love me.
01:54 Baby, look what I want to do.
01:56 Say, don't be cruel to a heartless truth.
02:00 It's a buzz.
02:01 You put the suit on, you feel all Elvis-y.
02:04 The moves come, you know, and it just
02:07 has that effect on people.
02:08 It's nice to be the only female amongst that.
02:12 They know that I'm singing from the heart.
02:14 But no, it's been a lifelong thing for me.
02:17 You know, it's never going to end.
02:18 I'm not going to stop.
02:19 As long as you're respectful and sincere, which I-- you know,
02:23 that's what I portray.
02:24 You know, I don't like anything detrimental to Elvis.
02:29 It's a sincere remembrance and tribute to Elvis.
02:33 So I wouldn't have it any other way.
02:34 (SINGING) You know I can be found sitting home all alone.
02:40 Come on over here and love me.
02:43 You know what I want you to say.
02:46 Don't be cruel to a heartless truth.
02:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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02:56 [ Music ]
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