Alis Lesley

Background

Lesley was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Her family later moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she attended Phoenix Junior College.

Career

She majored in television and radio, and began singing rockabilly while a student. Lesley"s stage persona as "The Female Elvis Presley" included a guitar slung around her neck, greased-back hair, and combed-down sideburns. She toured Australia in October 1957 with Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and local rocker Johnny O"Keefe.

The tour was cut short when Richard underwent a "religious experience" and he retired from rock and roll for several years.

Achievements

• Lesley achieved brief national celebrity with the 1957 release of her Era single, "He Will Come Back to Maine" b/w "Heartbreak Harry" (Era Records 45-1034).