Early life
Shawn Klush was born in the town of
Pittston, Pennsylvania.
Shawn's love for music led him to begin imitating his musical idol,
Elvis Presley. Shawn's father was a DJ, who often brought home Elvis records. From the age of 12, Shawn started depicting Elvis at parties etc. He started learning guitar and joined the local band Nightmoves.
members, Joseph Bruno, Danny Gardnar, George Guman, Charlie Newcomb.
Early career
He performed in the
Poconos region followed by a tour of Canada where he entered and won the $5,000 prize in the “Worldwide Elvis Competition” in Montreal. This caught the attention of the award winning
Las Vegas show
Legends in Concert
where in 2004 he starred as ‘Elvis’ in their Branson, Missouri production. He also alternated in their Las Vegas and
Atlantic City show rooms. Each January he stars in the “Elvis Birthday Tribute Tour”, an Elvis show with Elvis’ own musicians, singers, and closest friends, in major venues in multiple cities.
Shawn also performed at Burnley Mechanics and performed at the Bolton arena with Justin Shandor, Gordon Hendricks, Steve Preston, DJ Fontana and the Sweet Inspirations.
Competitions
As well as winning the “Worldwide Elvis Competition” in Montreal mentioned earlier, on
January 6 2005, just two days before Elvis’ 70th birthday, Shawn became grand champion at the $25,000 “World Elvis Tribute Artist Competition”. This year he received “The People's Choice Award” from
Gibson Guitar in
Nashville as “Best Concert Elvis”. Shawn was recently named the international champion of
BBC1's World's Greatest Elvis competition in the United Kingdom. In August, Shawn was chosen by
Graceland as the winner of Elvis Presley Enterprises’ first ever Ultimate Tribute Artist Contest in
Memphis, Tennessee.