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Clearance Giddens
Clearance Giddens is an Elvis impersonator from Melfa, Virginia. He is also African American and has been billed as the "Black Elvis". He has appeared on the ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' and the ''Geraldo Show''. He also appeared in the film ''Honeymoon in Vegas''.〔''The Free Lance Star'' August 15, 1991 (Page 3, SCENE, Elvis is everywhere ''Especially in Memphis, where wannabes compete'' by Woody Baird )〕〔''The Enquirer'' January 24, 1993 (No Ordinary Hunka-hunka Burning Impersonator As Black Elvis, Singer Clearance Giddens Has Appeared On Tv And In A Recent Feature Film. By Cheryl Squadrito )〕 In the early 1990s, he also sang on stage in in a duet with Jimmy Buffett singing "Jailhouse Rock".〔''Pittsburgh Post Gazette'' Saturday February 9, 1991 (Page 17, People, Pages/Elvis By Any Name )〕 He is listed in the book ''I Am Elvis: A Guide to Elvis Impersonators''.〔''Cherokee County Herald'' April 17, 1991 (Page 3, Picking hits is science to trivia task Ethel Anne DeVare )〕〔'' Am Elvis: A Guide to Elvis Impersonators'' Edited by Marie Cahill (I am Elvis: a guide to Elvis impersonators )〕
==Personal background==
Giddens is a house painter by trade and had worked as a painter for Crutchley Enterprises in Virginia for years.〔''Daily Press'' June 10, 1994 (Elvis Has Left The Image, Well, Not Exactly, But Black Elvis Is Eyeing Nashville by Sam McDonald )〕〔Crutchley Enterprises (Meet the staff, Clearance (Elvis) Giddens )〕 Some sources say he comes from Melfa, Virginia, but he actually grew up in Painter, Virginia which is a small town in Accomack County.〔'"Spin'' August 1989 Volume Five Number Five (Page 65, Black Elvis by Mark Mobley )〕〔Library of Congress (Thunder Castle, State Route 607 vicinity, Painter, Accomack County, VA )〕 He comes from a devoutly religious family. He grew up being raised by his parents, with his mother being an old fashioned type of God fearing Christian. His first guitar came from his mother.〔ABC 12 News Now December 19, 2014 (Eastern Shore icon Black Elvis has 'one more tour left'
''Clarence Giddens, who earned fame as Black Elvis, is back on stage and performing after earning fame two decades ago in movies and on television'' Jennifer Cording, Eastern Shore News )〕 After he left school and to help support his family, he found work in the local fields.〔''Elvis Information Network'' (Eastern Shore icon Black Elvis has 'one more tour left' )〕
When Giddens began his Elvis act, and there was opposition in his family, especially from his mother because of it being too worldly in her view.〔''The Free Lance Star'', Thursday September 22, 1994 (D2 ''from page D1'' ''Elvis'' )〕
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