biography
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Costello, Elvis
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originally Declan Patrick McManus
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1955– )
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| biography:
| Singer and songwriter, born in London, UK. The son of big-band singer Ross McManus, he started his own career with the unrecorded band Flip City and as a solo folk club singer. Signed to Stiff Records in 1977, his debut album My Aim Is True established his reputation. For his second album, This Year's Model (1978), he was joined by The Attractions - a three-piece group consisting of Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas, and Bruce Thomas, who worked with Costello on most of his albums over the next eight years. Later albums include Goodbye Cruel World (1984), King of America (1986), Blood and Chocolate (1986), Mighty Like A Rose (1991), and All This Useless Beauty (1996). In 1999 he had a hit single with ‘She’ from the Notting Hill film soundtrack. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. |
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