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Elvis is really a woman
by STEVE LUMLEY ( The Daily Star 29th June,1999)
"Well blessah my soul". This Elvis impersonator has fans All Shook Up because the King is a woman.
But Enid Butler is so convincing that there are no Suspicious Minds about her gender.
Married Enid, 46, says: “Before I go on as Elvis I go to great lengths to get the voice and mannerisms just right so my act is as good as it gets.”
“But now I find myself talking like Elvis to friends — and even behaving like him.”
“After shows quite a few people ask for Elvis and others want my autograph. It’s fantastic.”
“And now everyone knows who I am — when I go shopping I get at least one person singing ‘Love Me Tender’.”
Enid, from Whitby, North Yorks, admits: “I was never a huge fan of Elvis until I heard "Now or Never" when I was 16 and then I was hooked. Until then I was a big Cliff Richard fan.”
She first appeared as Elvis 20 years ago and now sings full-time in pubs and clubs around the North-East.
Her husband Ken says: “The shows go down an absolute storm and she is a very popular performer — I can’t believe just how well things are taking off.” The 5ft 1" frock n’ roller has spent over £200 for each of the two jump suits she uses in her show.
Enid says: “I’ll go anywhere to perform my Elvis tribute act and I’m never happier than when I’ve got my jump suit on. If only I could stop picking up his traits when I’m out-of-character. As far as I know I’m the only female Elvis impersonator in Britain.”

Playing Elvis was “Always on my mind”
Michelle Davies, Evening Gazette, 20th October, 1999.

The Elvis impersonator was a huge hit.
One group of women were particularly taken with the performer’s smooth, sexy tones - and with a nudge and a wink decided there was no way he was going to be Lonesome Tonight.
The hip thrusting, gyrating and knee-trembling reached a crescendo and one woman turned to another, yelling above the music: “Ooooh, when he gets off that stage I’m going to rub his face in my chest.” Luckily they didn’t hear the sniggers from the man sitting behind.
But when ‘Elvis’ came off stage and planted a big kiss on his lips they must have done a double take.
No Elvis isn’t gay - he’s a woman. And he’s alive and well and living with his husband, Ken, in Whitby.
Enid Butler is the North-east’s very own, and probably the one and only, female Elvis Presley impersonator.
Known as ‘Uncle Elvis’ to her nephews and nieces, the petite 46-year-old lives an amazing double life.
In her wardrobe at home alongside the dresses you’ll find a white, jewel-encrusted jumpsuit and other outrageous costumes. And on her dressing table, where most women might have make-up, is a black wig and furry sideburns.
Once she gets the garb on she looks spectacular - and from a distance, it’s not surprising she’s been ogled by female fans. “I suppose it’s a compliment,” laughs Enid. “If a bit of a backhanded one! Ken always comes with me and he thinks it’s hilarious when that happens!”
It was just a one-off but it began to prey on her mind during her job as quality control worker at a local dairy. “I would sit there among the bottles of milk dreaming of the day I could be Elvis on stage all the time,” she says. Eventually Enid decided to give it a go.
“They used to take the mickey a lot at work. I could hear them down the end of the yogurt run singing ‘Uhhuh-huh’.”
“But the first time they saw me perform their eyes nearly popped out.”
Enid had to pack in work at the dairy because of illness. But she jokes that her health problem may occasionally improve her performance. “I’ve had problems with my left knee and it starts to go sometimes. If you see it shaking though I’m not dancing - it’s arthritis.” It takes Enid just a few minutes to get Elvised up. And although you may not exactly want to rub her face in your chest - as she struts her stuff you can’t help but tell her she looks fantastic. Slipping the huge shades down her nose and raising one black eyebrow, she winks:
“Thankyouvermuch...

There's a Woman Down In Whitby Swears She's ELVIS!
by Louise Smith, Yorkshire Evening Post, 28 Sep 2000

ELVIS PRESLEY will always be remembered as the King of Rock and Roll. But it was the queen of impersonators who wowed the audience and won an international contest in Ontario, Canada.
Enid Butler, from Stainsacre, near Whitby, donned her Teddy Boy wig and belted out her rendition of “It’s Now or Never” to an amazed crowd who threw flowers on stage as she fought off competition from 45 male impersonators to win the ‘Spirit of Elvis’ award.
Enid and her husband Ken flew out to the festival when organisers invited them after seeing her on the internet. She said:
“I never do competitions normally, but I thought ‘Let’s just do it’.”
Enid, 47, was turned away from the school choir twice for not being able to sing a note but she won the hearts of the crowd in Canada were she was voted the one who sounded and looked most like Elvis.
“One Canadian even wrote a song about me called No-one Sings a Song Quite Like You Do,” said Enid.
“I really couldn’t believe it. It was the first thing I’ve ever won in my life and we were treated like royalty out there.
“I’ve always been a bit of a clown and I started doing impersonations about 30 years ago. I used to do Cliff Richard, Frank Spencer and Prince Charles. I’d do them anywhere - at parties or in the supermarket.”
Seven years ago Enid was invited to star in a 60s night at the Spa Theatre in Whitby. She appeared on stage as Elvis and has since continued to emulate him.
The ex-dairy quality controller is amazed by the reaction to her act.
She said: “I have a fan club which was set up in London, have appeared on television and will feature in a new American book about Elvis impersonators called The Hall of Kings.”
She added: “Elvis left us a legacy which will never be matched & we should keep it going.”

ENID'S THE KING!
The Weekly News, October 7th 2000.

There are endless Elvis impersonators, but the closest you’ll get to The King is, in fact, more accurately, The Queen. For the best of them all is a woman.
That doesn’t stop Enid Butler from curling her lip, wiggling her hips and making the ladies scream for more!
Enid was voted Britain’s number one Elvis impersonator by ‘This Morning’ viewers, and she has
just returned from a Canadian Elvis festival, where she beat off 45 men to receive the Spirit of Elvis award — the most coveted trophy in the competition.
“I haven’t always been an Elvis fan,” said 47-year-old Enid, from Whitby.
“In my youth I’d much rather listen to Cliff Richard but one day, I heard the Elvis song, ‘It’s Now Or Never’, and I was hooked.”
“I started Impersonating Elvis about 25 years ago, but it was only a bit of fun. Seven years ago, family and friends started suggesting that I do it seriously.
“I concentrate on the Vegas years, singing such as ‘Burning Love’ and ‘Can’t Stop Loving You’.
“I’ve got three jumpsuits, a wig and glasses that I wear for every show that I do.
“I can’t do the dance routines though, I’m too old for that now, plus I’ve got two left feet!
“My family and friends are very supportive.
“My husband, Ken, comes everywhere with me, and my nephews and nieces all call me Aunty Elvis!
“I would love to be an Elvis Impersonator full time, but the right offer has yet to come along.