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BIOGRAPHY

CHRISTOPHER JOHN DRUMMOND, BORN 2nd JULY 1958 LAKE TAUPO, NEW ZEALAND.

AFTER SPENDING MOST OF HIS EARLIER DAYS INVOLVED IN STAGE DESIGN AND DECOR, CHRIS DEVELOPED A TALENT TO RECREATE AND MIMIC MANY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AND PERSONALITIES. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED NOT ONLY IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION BUT ALSO THE STARRING ROLES.
HIS UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO MANY STARS AND CELEBRITIES WERE SOON TO BE NOTICED AND RECOGNISED BY MANY AGENTS , CLUB BOOKERS AND TALENT SCOUTS. THIS BEGAN HIS EXCITING CAREER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD.

ON HIS ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA, CHRIS BEGAN ASSEMBLING THE MANY COUNTLESS VOICES , COSTUMES AND MUSIC NECESSARY TO BRING EACH OF THESE CHARACTERS TO LIFE. AFTER MANY LONG YEARS OF HARD WORK, TRIAL AND ERROR, HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN HIS NOW WELL KNOWN "WELCOME TO MY WORLD" SHOW. FROM 30 MINUTE FLOORSHOWS TO 4 HOUR MUSICAL JOURNEYS, CHRIS RE-CAPTIVATES THE MAGIC OF GREAT 50's-60's-70's ARTISTS' SUCH AS ELVIS PRESLEY, BUDDY HOLLY, ROY ORBISON , THE PLATTERS (NATIONAL TOUR 1983) RICKY NELSON, MICHAEL CRAWFORD, AND MANY, MANY, MORE, JUST TO NAME A FEW....etc... ALSO TOURING New Zealand AT ONE STAGE WITH LEGENDARY BRITISH COMEDIAN , “DICK EMERY” - THEY REMAINED GOOD FRIENDS UNTIL EMERY'S UNTIMELY DEATH IN ’83.

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF CHRIS’ CAREER TO DATE BEING OFFICIALLY INVITED FOR THE NINTH YEAR RUNNING, TO PERFORM BEFORE THE HUGE CROWDS AT "ELVIS PRESLEY'S" GRACELAND MANSION IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE DURING ELVIS MEMORIAL WEEK IN AUGUST OF EACH YEAR.
(HAVING RETURNED HOME FROM THE U.S.A LAST YEAR HE HAS ALREADY BEEN RE-BOOKED TO PERFORM FOR THE 29th & 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERTS AT GRACELAND FOR THIS YEAR 2006 & AND THE BIG "30th" ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR IN 2007.)

CHRIS HAS ALSO AMIABLE CONNECTIONS WITH “PRESLEY” IDENTITIES SUCH AS…

“SONNY WEST” (PERSONAL BODY GUARD 18years ) - HIS COUSIN “ RED WEST”

ELVIS’ GUITARIST’S “SCOTTY MOORE” & "JOHN WILKINSON"

ELVIS' 50’s DRUMMER D.J FONTANA

VOCALIST “RONNY McDOWELL” (THE KING IS GONE)

ED ENOCH AND THE STAMPS QUARTET

RAY WALKER AND THE JORDINAIRES

WAS A FRIEND OF RECENTLY PASSED AWAY ELVIS FRONTMAN… CHARLIE HODGE (RIP)

JUST TO NAME A FEW....

(SEE CELEBRITY GALLERY)

SINCE HAVING BEEN DISCOVERED IN MEMPHIS 9 YEARS PRIOR, CHRIS HAS NOW BECOME A REGULAR PERFORMER IN THE UNITED STATES AND SPENDS A LARGE PART OF THE SUMMER APPEARING AT VENUES NOT ONLY IN MEMPHIS, BUT ALSO HAS APPEARED IN LOS ANGELES AND LAS VEGAS.
WITH 5 CD ALBUMS NOW UNDER HIS BELT, (ALL RECORDED IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE), AND A A BRAND NEW 3 CD SET OF OVER 80 ALL TIME CLASSICS & FAVOURITES (MORE TO COME IN THIS SERIES) CHRIS SETS HIS SIGHTS IN BRINGING MUCH MORE EXCITEMENT AND MORE ENTERTAINMENT PLEASURE TO HIS AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES.

HE IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SOLO ARTIST'S OF THIS CALIBRE ON THE CLUB ENTERTAINMENT CIRCUIT TODAY.

HIS SHOWS - LARGE OR SMALL - ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA THAT TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A WONDERFUL CAPTIVATING JOURNEY THROUGH GREAT ERAS AND ICONS OF THE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD . A FAST MOVING "TIME MACHINE" BLENDED WITH SPECTACULAR SOUND AND LIGHTING EFFECTS.

ALL THIS ENTERTAINMENT WRAPPED UP IN JUST ONE MAN !

SO, SIT BACK RELAX, AND LET CHRIS DRUMMOND "WELCOME YOU TO HIS WORLD".........

PLEASE ENJOY !

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