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Glenn has been
singing his entire life. Some of Glenn's earliest
memories are of music. Glenn is the youngest of four
children, growing up in a house with his mother,
grandparents, brother and two sisters. As a child, Glenn
heard many different styles of music, by being subjected
to the musical tastes of all the older members of the
family. As a result, Glenn grew to have very eclectic
tastes in music.
Glenn's greatest musical influence was Elvis Presley. After witnessing
an Elvis concert in person, in 1973, Glenn spent many
days, throughout his youth, singing and performing Elvis
songs in his room, pretending to be Elvis, but never with
any intent of performing for the public. To him he was
merely pretending, as all children do.
Upon Elvis' death, in 1977, Glenn first attended an Elvis
impersonation show. He was not pleased by what he saw and
wondered if there was something he could do to defend
Elvis' memory from being distorted by these performers
who, by now, were popping up everywhere.
The following summer, while working as a ride operator at
a local amusement park, Glenn convinced the musical
director,  of the park, to
audition him to perform his Elvis imitation. He was hired
on the spot, and asked to perform on weekends while still
performing his ride operator duties, during the day. This
lead to Glenn forming his own band the following year.
Glenn continued to perform his Elvis impersonation
throughout the U.S. and Canada from 1979 to 1990. During
this time, Glenn had the opportunity to perform with many
legends of the music business, such as: Chuck Berry, Conway Twitty and Roy Orbison, just to name a
few. In 1987, Glenn received great acclaim as the world's
best Elvis Impersonator, by winning the very first "Images
of The King International Competition" in Memphis TN. By this time, Glenn
had the desire to grow as a performer and not limit
himself to just being known as an Elvis Impersonator.
Therefore, beginning in July of 1990, Glenn began his
association with the Van-Dells,
"The
Nation's #1 Rock & Roll Review." Glenn
continues, to this day, to tour with this well
established group, performing many of the great hits of
the Rock & Roll Era.
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