Johnny Harra clips 78-89

[alienhddna]

i ben working ol elvis song called oh dady plase be still alive

[alienhddna]

every one im show sorry i lied to you all yes it is very true i fake my death but i still hope you all still love me

[alienhddna]

he voice sound just like elvis when he talks but cant sing at all

[BigDTinyE]

sick man. life,. get one

[idyouse]

Wow , don't think I ever saw him before, but he looks, talks and sings amazingly like Elvis.

[SfSVan001]

My dad was working part time at a bowling alley in Vegas and took me there to see Jonny Harra who was making an appearance for something. That was back in '78/'79. I thought he was so cool. He signed my shirt.

[jray3125]

Updated April 4th, 2011. Johnny Harra's funeral is planned for the end of this week. If you want to contribute to the JOHNNY HARRA FUND to help with funeral expenses. Please send donations (Check or Money Order) to:

Laurel Land Funeral Home

ATTN: Bobby Davenport

7100 Crowley Road

Fort Worth, TX 76134

Credit/Debit Cards accepted: Phone: 1-(817) 293-1350

Private donations can be made directly to family at P.O. Box 164 Wilmer, TX 75172

[emeraldelvis]

Lord Jesus take his hand, our friend Johnny Harra

[SusannaHodge]

We will miss you Johnny.

[karennorman49]

Johnny,

Thank you for being humble and letting the fans that couldn't see Elvis in concert share what might have been the closest to Elvis we'd ever get.

You're a beautiful soul, may you rest in Heaven..

Sing a few with the King for us xoxo

[cjestepp]

JOHNNY WAS MY BEST FRIEND HE WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WHO WILL BE MISSED BY MANY.THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND KIND COMMENTS .

[cjestepp]

to SUCKMEISTER005 fuck you and your comment you piece of shit.

[tcbtheking01]

mannn i cant belive he's gone R.i.P Johnny us ETA's will miss you brother

[Nedrat23]

Rest in peace Johnny you will be missed!!!

[SUCKMEISTER005]

I hope Harrah doesn't take his Elvis impersonation to the extreme and die on the toilet like his idol.

[rosechris48]

He is very good, and thanks to the ETA`s for helping keep Elvis name alive

[loc645]

AKA..... Elvis AAron Pressley...

[Moseslawgiver]

Johnny Harra ... Elvis with plastic surgery?

[sakinehbs]

He is very good ,looks like him but kind of like rough paper of Elvis

[Chevalier765]

He is very good.

[tcbphil]

personne a part elvis n'aurais pu entrer dans la chambre , donc johnny harra est elvis c'est certain

[yesterdaytoday56]

Press Release

The Legendary Johnny Harra Live in Concert New Boston, Texas, December 4, 2010

Las Vegas Star Johnny Harra and his band will be taking his Blue Christmas show to New Boston, Texas! You will think it's the KING Himself! A once in a lifetime show! Tickets $20 Show starts at 7:30 PM Doors open at 6:30 PM Auditorium Address: Music Country USA Theater 142 N Elm Street New Boston, TX 75570 For advance tickets or more info call 903 628-0129.

[LissLaFleur]

Do you know who owns this footage?

[shannara11]

I saw Johnny in 1976 and I used to go and see him whenever he was in Denver. I have a photo of Johhny with me and a cake I made for him. Also got a single he was selling at the time. Like you was one side and the other was Love Me Up. They are a bit scratchy, but I'd love to get them up here if it were allowable.

[wildhorsestudios1421]

Folks pay close attention to this video. Watch how natural Johnny is when he speaks... Awesome John.. .Awesome.

[sulivan623]

dumb dumb

[yesterdaytoday56]

Johnny's birthday is July 11, 1946

[kathryn8169]

@yesterdaytoday56 thank you

[MrsMJJackson7]

this is a fucking divine Elvis gift.

[steve02127]

Hi guys, I am a Johnny Harra fan and just would like to know does anyone know How old he is and his birthday?

[kathryn8169]

@steve02127 i think johnny has passed away im sorry to say it.hope this helps im not sure when his birthday was

[kathryn8169]

@steve02127 sorry it appears i am mistaken he is still alive.i looked for his birthday and could not find it and im not sure how old he is

[wildhorsestudios1421]

@steve02127 Steve I turn 59 next month. Johnny was a tad older perhaps. Not much. Harra was good and is good. But back then Dale Eli Culberston could sound more like Elvis when he wanted to..... Where is he now?  I don't know he seems to be quite a Mystery, man.

[Bobzeedo]

Long live the king! If you're an impersonator please joing our fb group "impersonators".

[officialjohnblunt]

Is Johnny still alive?

[BOBCARUANA1956]

Great, like what you said at begining.

[cjestepp]

JOHNNY IS NOT ELVIS AND FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT BEING FAT..THINGS CHANGE...HOPE YOUR MOTHER DOESNT SEE YOUR COMMENTS SHE WOULD PROB BE UP SET THE WAY YOUR TALK ABOUT PEOPLE..

[yesterdaytoday56]

@lindalovesmusic1 Unless you lived in Elvis' bushes, YOU do not know more about Elvis than anyone else. STALKER!

[lindalovesmusic1]

@yesterdaytoday56 Stalker? Lol, that, I'm not. I just know a lot about Elvis, that doesn't make me a stalker!

[yesterdaytoday56]

@lindalovesmusic1 What you are doing is just a smear campaign to destroy Johnny's career because he didn't turn out to be what you had hoped he would be.

[wanda1262001]

Amennnnn But There Will Always Be These To Keep His Memory And Music Alive Rest In Pease Elvis xxxxx

[dianabxh]

@reclusivebutterfly

For what reason are the impersonators then? Not to be comparing?! If we can't compare them, how we can value them?!

[devlinste]

what a crock of shit  ,, this fat git looks more like the hunny monster ,,, get a life fattso

[stephen1418]

Johnny Harra you have got what it takes,you have the voice,that will go on with Eta's keep up your amazing work..if anyone else out there can do better then i congatulate you..if your not happy with ETA'S then dont comment..simple as that 100++++ Johnny Harra..

[damron13]

what a fat piece of lard !

[starr522]

Have to say. Johnny Harra may have been big in Vegas for a short period of time. He could not get out of the Elvis persona. Sad. But then on the other hand. Steve Sogura knows exactly who he is. He does the King just to keep in in front of people. Trust me, he' s not doing it for the money. But for the enjoyment.

[sillyslinky]

"The Elvis illusion". I think that sums it up with all of the ETA's.

[sillyslinky]

The closest ANY ETA comes to being ELVIS PRESLEY is as a WANNA BE, and that's as close as it get's to being Elvis Presley.

Enjoy what Elvis left us and stop glorifying the ETA's. Enjoy the memories through the ETA's, but don't think they are Elvis because they are NOT!!

[glynamus]

he reminds me of a 3 dollar bill

just as fake

[fixit4ufixit4u]

he is rubbish, he is twice as fat as elvis ever was, and needs to get a life himself,, MATE>>> its an impersonation... your not Elvis okk. How embarrasing..

[ElvisonTour1972]

In 1978 a picture of Johnny Harrah was shown to me and i was just blown away.

[grajeboys]

i got a son named ELVIS .....

[emeraldelvis]

what people dont seem to understand about E.T.A.s is the price we pay for doing these shows we love in memory of a man the world loved, johnny harra was great live and ill tell you he would still sell out today, johnny was one of the all time best.

he brings a whole other show to the fans, unique to johnny i believe. way to go johnny

[melkiemelkie]

Terrible!! hate it. Looks and sounds like nothing.

[kirkwanglers32]

Amazing.

[tommyboo21]

How can anyone compare this man with the best looking human being ever. I mean check out the scene at 5:00. He sounds a liitle like Elvis when he speaks but that's it. It stops there. Please.

Now does anyone think the presenter at 3:40 look like Bill Bixby? (the Incredible Hulk actor who also starred with Elvis in the movie Speedway)

[chuckfan1]

@tommyboo21 That is Bill Bixby

[mddale31]

I think he really thinks he is ELVIS!! HAHA.

He's not even close, although he looks like him from the side.

[jojoker1112]

I think Elvis ,when he passed away,gave all these wanna-be's a life,by them imitating Elvis.What a sorry state.

[theBESTelvis]

LMAO...

[NormaWyatt]

Yea. As far as I know Johnny Harra is still around here in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. I am sure that my dad would have told me if he was dead.

[NormaWyatt]

My father was friends with Johnny Harra back in 1995-1997. We used to go out to dinner with him all the time and he had been to our house on several occasions. He never went out of character! He always talks and acts like Elvis. I actually used to think he was the REAL elvis:)

[psychodamned]

is he still alive ??

[RyanDaviesTaylor]

yes he looks like elvis....but please live your own life when you are off stage..he must talk his own talk and walk his own walk.

[Musicfan1020]

I agree with you. There is nothing more sad than to see an Elvis impersonator think he is really Elvis. But I think that Johnny Harra has been doing this for so long that I believe that he doesn't know how to not to act like Elvis. I think that he remains in character for the fans.

[johnny9148]

I can see a commitment. we all wish ELVIS was alive an american success story makes you think it could happen to you . AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL . I tip my cowboy hat to you JOHNNY HARA johnny suede

[ROYELVIS458]

look i gave you 10***** i love you intencity of elvis!!!!

[deadringer222]

try this again...on feb. 7th..today...Harra was spotted at wendys in Irving Texas.. Driving a light yellow pt cruiser..specal plates with his name..

[1977DanDawson]

the best Elvis Double, absolutly fantastic...

[horizon123]

hes way too fat to be elvis

[korzeckiyal]

Doesn't this guy ever come out of character? If he impersonates Elvis, wonderful, he does a fantastic job-don't get me wrong. But who is the real Johnny Harra? Does he even know? I mean the guy even named his daughter Lisa Marie!

[Gilbavel]

ANDY KAUFMAN!

[criteria119]

WRONG AGAIN!

[elvnet]

Johnny was one of the first, saw him in Dallas 1980 and 82 and again in 1995. He will always be a legend...

[ELVISFREE1977]

Johnny is SUPER!! What a tribute he is!!!!!!!!

[anthonysmith73]

why the hell are people bashing Johnny Harra if it wasn't for him there wouldn't be such a big market for Elvis impersonators...he had it all the looks, voice(fuck what anyone says he sounded like Elvis in speech and singing voice not as strong as Jimmy Ellis but very good) and mannerisms...so please kill the noise!

[bemiqtpi99]

I talked with this man on the phone...and he's a nice guy! I think he knows he's not Elvis, he just sounds and looks a lot like him...Sweet guy..Hope he comes to Seattle someday to perform.

[hirdy6]

What a sick unit!!! It's a worry he feels the need to explain his awareness that he is not Elvis but wouldn't you think he would drop the character while he does so? However he also says his mother resembles Elvis' and named his daughter Lisa Marie. The Silly bastard should realise that if they put on the suit, hairstyle and glasses most people will resemble Elvis, thank you very much!!! However most will sound a hell of a lot more like him. This jerk's voice is insulting to Elvis' memory.

[TKSKS]

Well said hirdy6.

[sillyslinky]

Johnny Harra could care less about Elvis' fans. Someday the people he has taken over the years will start talking, and I think that someday is nearing fast.

[armandddd]

thıs ıs madness hıs body maybe resembels but hıs voıce dude...sucks... elvis death but we gonna see hım ın otherside forewer:)

[yorelrecords]

i am a elvis impersonator of 28 1/2 years and i admire what johnny has done in his career and i understand what he and others like me and him are going through. me on the other hand NEVER CLAIM TO LOOK LIKE NOR SOUND LIKE ELVIS but i have been doing this for a long time and if people say that i sound similar and resemble elvis then thats ok and if they say that i don`t then thats ok too. i think its wonderful that people like johnny and me and others like us try and keep the memory alive .os77

[pama4242]

As a former Elvis impersonator much better than Johnny, that could not get my own career off the ground I would say that I made the mistake that Johnny's been making all his life, which is always thinking that you have to stay in character, you can clearly see that he is even copying what Elvis had said about trying to make everybody happy, for me a long sad road that I had to get off of.

[lov9ken]

about the movie This is Elvis. one reason why the other people (actors) arent talked about is because they are all dead. Johnny is the only one still living from that movie. and for not showing his face in the movie is because he looks so much like E.P. and it was made not to long after E had died It wouldve caused a riot with people. People actually killed themselves because E.P died. If his face was shown in that movie it would have been caos

[damron13]

JOHNNEY IS A FAT SLOBBB, JIMMEY ORION ELLIS RULES !

BLess,Frwiends,STC,Allen

[cm40701]

JOHNNY HARRA IS THE MAN!

[melkiemelkie]

even during his interviews he tries to be elvis and talk like elvis. Very very funny, but also very sad. CRAP.

[melkiemelkie]

Pffffffff!!!! terrible impersonators.

[memphisterry]

A man named Gary Elrod, who looks nothing like Elvis and cannot sing, has been telling some people on myspace that he is Elvis.

That is just too funny!

Johhny Harra is a really nice guy. He was the star of the movie, This is Elvis.

[sillyslinky]

I do not know how Johnny Harra could be the star of "This Is Elvis", when JH only had a five minute role in it, and that was at the very beginning, then it was over. I don't even think we saw his face. Other actors had their role in the movie as Elvis too, does anyone remember who they were?

"This Is Elvis" is not about Johnny Harra, it's about Elvis. Let's not lose our grip on reality.

[sillyslinky]

I was responding to memphisterry's comment.

[memphisterry]

Are you two people? You say "our grip on reality".

David Scott, Elvis at 18

Paul Boensch III, Elvis at 10

Johnny Harra, Elvis at 42.

But, the original cannot be duplicated. Elvis Presley is and always will be, the best.

[sillyslinky]

I left out the y lol. I was talking about the people who think Johnny Harra, or anyone else for that matter is Elvis himself. No one will ever fill Elvis' shoes.

[memphisterry]

I apologize sillyslinky:).

I spoke hastily. There's just one Elvis and I forget sometimes, on purpose, that others love him too!

Thank you.

Terry

[memphisterry]

Hey sillyslinky, I O U A "Y". haha.

Have a great day. I do love Elvis. It's always nice to connect with others who love him too. Johnny Harra really is a great guy and I enjoy his singing.

[HarvardPHD88]

I sense a little jealousy.

[GreatGoogamoo]

I saw this guy in '78, he was a terrible singer. In the most recent pic I have seen him, he must have weighed 450- a real lard-ass.

[sillyslinky]

Also,

How can people call themselves Elvis fans when they don't respect Elvis' legacy, instead they go looking for a living Elvis in the ETA's??

If you want to see what Elvis left behind for his fans, go buy a ticket to Graceland. At least the money goes to his only living heirs, and not some wanna be Elvis'.

[sillyslinky]

Some psychotic retards have been posting online that Johnny Harra, and some guy named Gary Elrod have been making claims to be the real Elvis. Just a few weeks ago it was Jon Cotner who they thought was Elvis, now it's Johnny Harra??

Take your meds people!!

[glenvincert]

whatever yo cut me mick

[mikejoproductions]

I think he looks more like sylvester stallone lolz

[sillyslinky]

It's easy for both fan and tribute artist alike to lose themselves in a fantasy.

People would not recognize Johnny Harra being himself offstage. But when Johnny Harra is onstage, he does an awesome Tribute to Elvis. I think Elvis himself would be proud of Johnny Harra, and his Elvis Tribute Shows over the years. Myself as a long time Elvis fan must applaud Johnny as well. Great job Johnny, great job!!

[sillyslinky]

Johnny Harra is a very talented Elvis tribute artist onstage, because he sounds completely different as himself when he is offstage. Sadly, too many people are making money off Elvis with the conspiracy theory that Elvis is still alive. JH even said so himself that Elvis is no longer with us. So who ever thinks Elvis is still alive needs a reality check and a good shrink.

[pama4242]

I was an Elvis impersonator for yrs. I did not have the success of Mr. Harra. I can relate to trying to talk like Elvis, I got real tired of the Elvis jokes due to the sideburns. I think that doing Elvis can be bad psychologically because you can never be him or have that kind of fame, it's very depressing, Johnny should just go ahead and talk in his own voice and God forbid be himself, which I think takes many yrs. to deprogram after acting like Elvis so long.

[lolitinkerbell]

Oh well it's good you can see it that way, but if you've got the "x-factor" you can do it without trying to be Elvis.

We still need music :)..

[htmn12]

I agree talks the talk and has the looks. I am 35 years old and when i think of elvis I think of Johnny Harra. a little weak voice wise but still the closest I have seen to Elvis. Thank you for posting this. I seen him in Fort Worth Texas as kid and will never forget it.

[tcbelvisp]

great footage!!!

thanks for the post

[jcatlett1976]

A friend of mine met Mr. Harra years ago in Raleigh, NC. He was a patient at a weight loss clinic. He was out at the flea market during the weekend where my friend sold Elvis memorabilia. He said that Johnny was a great guy, very nice. He just never got back to where he was before they told him to gain weight for "This Is Elvis". I've talked to him and his wife on the phone, both wonderful people. I wish he were in better shape so he could rock out again.

[n8trsho]

Good stuff! Johnny was great. Saw him at the Silverbird in '79 and various other venues in Vegas. Thousands of ETA's have come and gone, but he was one of the best.

~S

[davidallen1968]

I happen to know Mr. Harra and i am glad to finally see a video that captures what his tribute over the years are all about......TCB....David Allen

[EricElviss]

very interesting!