Shawn Wayne Klush - Actor, Singer and recording Artist. As seen on the Late Show with David Letterman, The miniseries "Shake Rattle and Roll" on VH1 and NBC, HBO's Vinyl, the films "The Magic Bracelet", "3000 Miles to Graceland" and more.Winner of BBC 'World's Greatest Elvis' television series and Elvis Presley Enterprises 'First Ever' Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist! Born and raised in the small coal-mining town of Pittston, Pennsylvania, Shawn's love for music led him to begin imitating his musical idol, Elvis Presley. He performed in the famous Poconos region followed by a tour of Canada where he entered and won the $5,000.00 prize in the "Worldwide Elvis Competition" in Montreal. This caught the attention of the award winning Las Vegas show, "Legends in Concert" where for many years he starred as 'Elvis' in their Myrtle Beach, Las Vegas, Branson and Atlantic City show rooms. Each January he stars in the "Elvis Birthday Tribute Tour", an extravaganza with Elvis' own musicians, singers, and friends, in major venues in multiple cities. Shawn has released 5 CDs. He has performed with Elvis' closest friends, musicians and singers such as JD Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, The Jordanaires, The Imperials, DJ Fontana, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, The Sweet Inspirations, Joe Guercio, Jerry Schilling and Joe Esposito. He portrayed Elvis in the hit TV miniseries "Shake, Rattle and Roll" which aired on CBS and VH1. On Elvis' 70th Birthday, Shawn became grand champion at the $25,000.00 "World Elvis Tribute Artist Competition". He then received "The Peoples Choice Award" from Gibson Guitar Co in Nashville for "Best Concert Elvis". Shawn was then named the "World's Greatest Elvis" by 6.5 million international viewers on BBC1 Television in the United Kingdom. Finally, on August 16th, on the 30th anniversary of Elvis' passing, Shawn was named the 'First Ever' "Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist" by Elvis Presley Enterprises in Memphis TN. Shawn has record breaking performances in the US, Switzerland, Canada Australia, the UK and South America. He was named "Worldwide Ambassador of Elvis" at the Las Vegas Hilton where he headlines the annual the Las Vegas Elvis Fest, celebrating Elvis' historic Las Vegas Performances. Shawn was a featured performer on the Late Show with David Letterman performing to over 5 million viewers with the entire CBS Orchestra on Network Television and in 2016 will portray Elvis in the new HBO series called Vinyl produced by Martin Scorsese and Mic Jagger. Show less «