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Elvis Costello
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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".
Costello has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male. In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in St Mary's Hospital, London, the son of Lilian Alda (née Ablett, b. 1927, Liverpool) and Ross MacManus (1927–2011), a musician and bandleader. He is of Irish heritage. Costello lived in Twickenham, attending Hounslow Secondary Modern School, which is now St Mark's Catholic Secondary School, in neighbouring Hounslow.
Acted in
- Straight to Hell Returns (2010)
- Love Shines (2010)
- Gaelic Spirit: Bringing Together the Best in Irish Music (2008)
- A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (2008)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Elvis Costello: The Juliet Letters (2006)
- Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: The River in Reverse (2006)
- Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade (2006)
- Delirious (2006)
- One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005)
- 20 Years Ago Today: The Story of Live Aid (2005)
- UK Freedom Festival (2004)
- De-Lovely (2004)
- I Love Your Work (2003)
- Prison Song (2001)
- A Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Hal David (2001)
- Woodstock '99 (1999)
- The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 2 (1998)
- Spiceworld (1998)
- Elvis Costello Live: A Case for Song (1997)
- Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night (1988)
- Straight to Hell (1987)
- Chet Baker: Live at Ronnie Scott's London (1986)
- The Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
- Americathon (1979)
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