Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in London, England and raised in Liverpool. The son of British band leader Ross MacManus, Costello took his pseudonym from Elvis Presley and his father's stage name (Day Costello). He began performing professionally in 1969 and was a musician and/or...See full bio »
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The Personal is Political
(2012)
(writer: "Oliver's Army" - uncredited / performer: "Oliver's Army" - uncredited)
2011/IOne Day
(writer: "Tear Off Your Own Head It's a Doll Revolution", "Sparkling Day" / performer: "Tear Off Your Own Head It's a Doll Revolution", "Sparkling Day")
2007If It Ain't Stiff
(TV documentary)
(writer: "Blame It On Cain", "Less Than Zero", "Welcome to the Working Week", "Watching the Detectives" / performer: "Blame It On Cain", "Less Than Zero", "Welcome to the Working Week", "Watching the Detectives")
2004Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room
(video short)
(writer: "The Girl in the Other Room" Live from Lisbon / lyrics: "Narrow Daylight" video, "Abandoned Masquerade" Live from Lisbon)
2003The Shape of Things
(writer: "Lover's Walk", "Riot Act", "Pony Street", "Almost Ideal Eyes", "This Year's Girl", "Lipstick Vogue", "Love Field", "Man Out of Time", "When I Wass Cruel No. 2", "Radio Silence", "Tear Off Your Own Head It's a Doll Revolution" / performer: "Pony Street", "When I Wass Cruel No. 2", "Radio Silence", "Tear Off Your Own Head It's a Doll Revolution")
Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Howard Coward | Napoleon Dynamite | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | The Little Hands Of Concrete | D.P.A. MacManus | Eamonn Singer
Was I purposefully fucking up my life to give myself something to write about? I think I did that for about a year. At the very most. Then I began to mistrust the results. Because if you do that, it's like when they pour acid in rabbit's eyes or something. What does it prove? It proves that it hurts the animal...
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The instrumentals for his debut album, "My Aim Is True" were provided by a band called, Clover. For the album sessions, they were without their lead singer, Huey Lewis.
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