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Elvis impersonator sets marathon song record
Oslo, Aug 21: A Norwegian Elvis impersonator set a record by singing the King`s hits non-stop for a voice-wrecking 26 hours, four minutes and 40 seconds.
Oslo, Aug 21: A Norwegian Elvis impersonator set a record by singing the King's hits non-stop for a voice-wrecking 26 hours, four minutes and 40 seconds.
''This is just fantastic, I can't find words for it,'' a hoarse Kjell Henning Bjoernestad, 35, said yesterday after his marathon. Fans in the bar where he performed cheered and handed him red roses.
Dubbed ''Kjell Elvis'', Bjoernestad had aimed to sing 100 of Elvis' songs, ranging from Hound Dog to Jailhouse Rock over and over again for 30 hours to win a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
But the performer, who once won an award as the Nordic region's best Elvis lookalike, gave up shortly after beating the previous record of 25 hours, 33 minutes and 30 seconds, set by Briton Gary Jay.
Bureau Report