Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

Orion: The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of Jimmy Ellis, an unknown singer plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spotlight as part of a crazy scheme that had him masquerade as Elvis back from the grave.

With an outlandish fictional identity torn from the pages of the novel Orion by Gail Brewer Giorgio, the backing of the legendary birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll Sun Records, and a voice that seemed to be the very twin of Presley’s himself, the scheme—concocted in the months after Presley’s death exploded into a cult success—and the “Elvis is alive” myth begun.