Drake Milligan is best known for portraying Elvis Presley on the CMT series Sun Records and starred in a film called “Nobody” where he portrayed a young teen Elvis. Add to that his appearances on American Idol and America’s Got Talent, and you’ve got yourself a multithread star! Drake was inspired as kid by the country music his father listened to, particularly Merle Haggard, as well as an Elvis impersonator he saw sing at a nearby restaurant. After performing locally as an Elvis impersonator himself, Milligan answered a casting call by CMT for the role of Elvis Presley in their TV series Sun Records. He ended up landing the part, which required him to move from Texas to Nashville, TN during his senior year of high school. Milligan competed on American Idol in 2018 but ultimately dropped out. “I decided that I wasn’t quite ready for that platform yet, and that it would be a better step for me to move to Nashville and focus on my music first,” Milligan and his band then regrouped and appeared on America’s Got Talent Season 17 receiving four enthusiastic “yes” votes for his performance of an original song, “Sounds Like Something I’d Do.” Drake finished the season in 3rd place. Milligan’s debut album, Dallas/Fort Worth was released soon after that September.
