Elvis Costello
- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in London, England and
raised in Liverpool. The son of British band leader
Ross McManus, 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 singer in many bands around London before forming a
moderately successful pub-rock band called "Flip City" in the
mid-1970s. Working full time as a computer operator, he landed his
first record deal with Stiff Records in 1977 and recorded his first
album "My Aim Is True" while on vacation. The album was a smash hit in
England and landed Costello a worldwide distribution deal with Columbia
records. Forming his backup group, "The Attractions", for his second
album, Costello went on to record several popular and influential
albums over the next decade. Today, he is regarded as one of the most
influential and popular singer/songwriters in modern music. In 1998, he
collaborated with legendary tune smith,
Burt Bacharach, on a highly successful
album of love songs "Painted From Memory".
