Raised on a Shuswap Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Morris Bates improbably became the first professional Elvis impersonator, playing the Las Vegas Strip for 10 years after the King''s death
He appeared on stage at the Silver Slipper, the Landmark, and Vegas World, and gave command performances throughout the Orient, South Africa, and South America. In the 1990s he retired to Vancouver as a native youth counselor and testified at the infamous Pickton murder trial.
^Bates, Morris (2014). Morris As Elvis: Take a Chance on Life, The Worlds Greatest Elvis Impersonator, Scb Distributors. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9781894997157 (revised Nov 2023)
^Morris As Elvis: The World's Greatest Elvis ImpersonatorIndigo. ISBN 9781894997157 (revised Jan 2017)
^ (2013). Morris As Elvis: Take a Chance on Life, The Worlds Greatest Elvis ImpersonatorECampus. ISBN 9781894997157 (revised Oct 2016)