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"I'm misunderstood, just like the King," Extreme Elvis says. "If you see the way Elvis was going with his act, you know what I'm doing is true to my hero." Extreme Elvis says he's celebrating Presley's birthday by taking a cocktail of Zoloft, Viagra and Geritol.

Elvis Herselvis — When Leigh Crow, aka "Elvis Herselvis," sings "Girls, Girls, Girls," she brings a whole new meaning to the Elvis standard. Crow performs in heavy-gauge chains and black pants with an "Elvis" license plate for a belt buckle.

"It's not so strange. Elvis was the original gender-bender," Crow says. "In the 1950s, people were afraid of the way he danced. They thought he was gay. He broke down walls."

Evangelical Elvis — Gary Stone, 53, says performing as Elvis is the way he gives back to the community. As an Elvis evangelist, he wears a white rhinestone jumpsuit, cape and boots, performing "Suspicious Minds" at church groups, nursing homes and youth rallies. "Elvis would be older than some of the nursing home people I've performed for," Stone says. "People forget, he was a charitable man who loved gospel music."

Black Elvis — A perennial finalist in the "Images of Elvis" contest, Robert Washington makes people forget very fast that his complexion is quite different than that of his hero. As one show business manager put it: "Washington really brings out the craft. He brings black and white people together. Can there be a higher compliment?"

Buck Wolf is entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. The Wolf Files is published Tuesdays. If you want to receive weekly notice when a new column is published, join the e-mail list.