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 Martin
John Pisani was born on September 14th 1972 to his Maltese parents
Carmen and Phil in Herford Germany. He has one older sister. At the
age of 6 Martin and his family moved to England, where he was educated
until he moved to Malta in 1987. Martin married his teenage sweetheart
Carmen in 1995 and they have four beautiful children.
Martin’s singing career began by chance on the eve of the new Millennium
when he was working as a hotel security guard. It has since gone from
strength to strength. In 2001 Martin appeared at Hardy Spicer’s Rock
n’ Roll Club in Birmingham; one of the largest rock n’ roll clubs
in the UK. He also got through to finals of the GMTV ‘Search for Elvis
Competition’, where he got through to the London Finals out of an
estimated thousands of entrants.
In Blackpool in January 2004, Martin took part in the largest Elvis
Convention ever held in Europe, where he was placed in the final 10
best Elvis’s, with contestants from far and wide, including the USA,
Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic, the UK and of course Malta.
On July 5th 2004 Martin took part in the Global Moment in Time in
London’s Baker Street to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the birth
of Rock n Roll. This event followed an Elvis competition at the Trocadero
Centre in London where he once again placed in the final 10 out of
48 Professional Tribute Artists. On the morning of July 5th, Martin
appeared on GMTV (UK) with a handful of other Elvis Tribute Artists
taking part in the celebrations.
In October 2004 Martin was awarded the “Elvies Gospel Award” for Best
Gospel Elvis Singer in Europe, at the Elvis Awards in Porthcawl Wales.
Martin received this prestigious honour from Elvis Presley’s Tour
Producer (1972-1977) Mr. Charles Stone. Martin also returned to Porthcawl
in October 2005 to appear at the Elvies Hall of Fame Show. The highlight
of his career to date occurred here when the Sweet Inspirations (Elvis
Presley’s backing singers 1970 -77) asked Martin to sing with them.
Each year Martin plays tribute to the King with shows to mark the
anniversary of Elvis’s death (August 16th) and his birthday (January
8th).
Martin now sings four to five nights a week in Malta. His repertoire
is extremely diverse, with Martin paying tribute to Elvis, singing
50s and 60s rock ‘n’ roll and also slotting in a few modern hits in
for good measure! Martin has released three CDs, which have all been
hugely popular with both his Maltese fan base and tourists from around
the world.
Martin
Elvis’ is rapidly becoming a household name in Malta, with Martin
appearing regularly on Maltese television and radio. Aside from performing
at his regular venues, Martin also performs all over the island at
private functions, Festas (feasts) and open air concerts and festivals.
Martin Elvis likes to keep in contact with friends and fans through
his Fan Club. Martin also performs at Fan club weekend specials, which
is a wonderful opportunity for him to show his gratitude to his army
of dedicated fans. Martin appeared at the Marine Hall, Fleetwood in
February 2004 where hundreds of his Maltese and UK based fan club
members came to see him.
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