Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer and songwriter.[1] He was born at St Mary’s Hospital in London.[2] He was an important musician in the late 1970s punk rock and new wave music styles.[3][4] In the 1980s, he played an original style of rock and roll. Later he wrote and performed music in a number of different styles from classical to jazz.
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 Elvis Costello at a promotional performance in the Summer of 2006. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Declan Patrick MacManus |
| Born | 25 August 1954 London, England |
| Genres | Rock Pop New Wave Pub rock Power pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1977 – present |
| Labels | Stiff, Radar, F-Beat, Demon, Columbia, Warner Bros., Deutsche Grammophon, Lost Highway |
| Associated acts | The Attractions, The Imposters, Burt Bacharach, Allen Toussaint |
| Website | Elvis Costello.com |
Costello has won multiple awards in his career. These include a Grammy Award. He has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male.[5] In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[6] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]
After two earlier marriages he married jazz pianist Diana Krall in 2003.[8]
Influences
Costello stated music artists like Bob Dylan, David Ackles, Gram Parsons, Randy Newman, The Band, Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Moses Allison, Cole Porter, Roy Orbison, The Rolling Stones, Charles Brown, Grateful Dead, Warren Zevon, Brinsley Schwarz, George Jones, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, James Carr, The Kinks, Jerome Kern, The Byrds, Tom Waits, Elvis Presley and The Flying Burrito Brothers as influences.
Acting
Costello appeared with his friend Burt Bacharach in the 1999 Austin Powers movie The Spy Who Shagged Me. They played "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" during the scene where Mike Myers danced with Heather Graham.
In 2010, Elvis Costello appeared as himself in David Simon's television series, Treme.[9]
In 2011, Elvis Costello appeared as himself on Sesame Street. He did a song with Elmo and Cookie Monster, titled "Monster Went and Ate My Red 2", a play on "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes".
Studio albums
- My Aim Is True (1977)
- This Year's Model (1978)
- Armed Forces (1979)
- Get Happy!! (1980)
- Trust (1981)
- Almost Blue (1981)
- Imperial Bedroom (1982)
- Punch the Clock (1983)
- Goodbye Cruel World (1984)
- King of America (1986)
- Blood & Chocolate (1986)
- Spike (1989)
- Mighty Like a Rose (1991)
- The Juliet Letters (1993)
- Brutal Youth (1994)
- Kojak Variety (1995)
- All This Useless Beauty (1996)
- When I Was Cruel (2002)
- North (2003)
- The Delivery Man (2004)
- Momofuku (2008)
- Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (2009)
- National Ransom (2010)
Costello has also released studio albums with Richard Harvey, John Harle, Burt Bacharach, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Bill Frisell, Marian McPartland and Allen Toussaint. He also released five live albums: Live at the El Mocambo, Deep Dead Blue, Costello & Nieve, My Flame Burns Blue, and Live at Hollywood High. There have also been many compilations, box sets, and reissues by record labels such as Rykodisc, Demon, Rhino, and Universal Music Enterprises.
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Costello performing at Glastonbury, 2005
Costello's hand prints on the European Walk of Fame, Rotterdam
Costello performing in tribute to music legends Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen, who were the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence, at the JFK Presidential Library, in Boston, Massachusetts on 26 February 2012
Costello and Diana Krall in 2009
References
- ↑ "Elvis Costello at NNDB". Nndb.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Smith, Larry David (2004). Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-97392-6.
- ↑ Masley, Ed (18 October 2002). The Best of Elvis Costello. http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20021018elvisrecp1.asp. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ "Elvis Costello". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 August 1954. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Elvis Costello BRITS Profile Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine BRIT Awards Ltd
- ↑ Elvis Costello and the Attractions Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Rockhall.com.
- ↑ 100 Greatest Artists: Elvis Costello Rolling Stone.
- ↑ Susman, Gary (10 December 2003). "Get Happy Elvis Costello marries Diana Krall. The singers wed in at Elton John's castle in England on Saturday". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,559324,00.html. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ↑ "Elvis Costello, Steve Earle to Guest on David Simon's "Treme"". twentyfourbit. 18 January 2010.