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Joseph Hall heard Elvis sing “Suspicious Minds,” for the first time when he was still in elementary school.

His dad, Kyle, was playing an Elvis cassette tape on the car stereo, and Hall said that was it.

He was hooked on the King.

“That’s my earliest memory,” said the Elvis tribute artist in a recent phone interview.

At 31, he’s been paying professional tribute to the King of rock-and-roll for a decade, and loves every minute of what he does.

“Elvis was the total package — his voice, his looks, his moves.

Elvis was the original. Nobody can ever match his phenomenon,” he said.

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Hall will perform his Elvis tribute at 8 p.m. March 18 at the Legacy Theatre in Springfield.

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It’s one of about 100 shows he’ll perform this year. Entertaining people with his Elvis tribute is something Hall said he thrives on.

“You have to have an appreciation for the music and the person he was. There will never be anoth