Autographs of Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison with the raw energy and sass that were principal ethics of punk", noting the "construction of his songs, which set densely layered wordplay in an ever-expanding repertoire of styles". He has won two Grammy Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, four Edison Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, a BAFTA award, an ASCAP Founders award, and a Gemini award. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2016, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Born into a musical family, Costello was raised with knowledge and appreciation of a wide range of musical styles and an insider's view of the music business. His opportunity to begin a professional career as a musician coincided with the rise of punk rock in England. The primitivism brought into fashion by punk led Costello to disguise his musical knowledge at the beginning of his career, but his stylistic range has come to encompass R&B, country, jazz, baroque pop, Tin Pan Alley and classical music. His first album, My Aim Is True (1977), produced no hit singles but contains some of his best-known songs, including the ballad "Alison". Costello's next two albums, This Year's Model (1978) and Armed Forces (1979), recorded with his backing band the Attractions, helped define the new wave genre. From late 1977 until early 1980, each of the eight singles he released reached the UK Top 30. His biggest hit single, "Oliver's Army" (1979), sold more than 500,000 copies in Britain. He has had more modest commercial success in the US, but has earned much critical praise. From 1977 until the early 2000s, Costello's albums regularly ranked high on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll, with This Year's Model and Imperial Bedroom (1982) voted the best album of their respective years. His biggest US hit single, "Veronica" (1989), reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Costello has released album-length collaborations with the classical ensemble the Brodsky Quartet, the New Orleans R&B songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint and the hip-hop group the Roots. Costello has written more than a dozen songs with Paul McCartney and had a long-running songwriting partnership with Burt Bacharach. He has had hits with covers of songs, including Sam & Dave's "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down", Jerry Chesnut's "Good Year for the Roses" and Charles Aznavour's "She". One of the songs he is best known for, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding", was written by Nick Lowe and recorded by Lowe's group Brinsley Schwarz in 1974, but remained obscure until Costello released his version in 1979. Costello's own songs have been recorded by artists including Linda Ronstadt, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Dave Edmunds, Chet Baker and Alison Krauss.
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Latest News about Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello to write memoir, Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink (31/03/2015): The musician’s first autobiography, out in October, will chronicle the success of his four-decade career, thanks in part to his ‘dumb luck and animal cunning’ Elvis Costello will publish his first autobiography this October. The memoir, entitled Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, will chart his Elvis Costello to publish his memoirs (31/03/2015): Singer tells how he went from a cardboard guitar in his Birkenhead living room to international pop stardom 
Elvis Costello memoir due in October (28/03/2015): An Elvis Costello memoir is due to be released in October.Elvis Costello To Pen Memoirs (24/03/2015): It's called 'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink' Elvis Costello has always been one of rock's most literate voices, a songwriter of unusual depth and bite. Now, the English artist is set to pen his memoirs. As pointed out by Slicing Up Eyeballs , 'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink ' will be relea Elvis Costello Writing Memoir (23/03/2015): Elvis Costello Is Set To Embark On A Literary Career With His Memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.
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Elvis Costello Teams Up With Steely Dan For Summer Tour (02/2015): The British rocker will join Donald Fagen and Walter Becker for the extended leg of their Rockabye Gollie Angel Tour, which will begin in July (15) at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado.The iconic singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and his links to Newcastle (12/2014): Graeme Whitfield tells how singer Elvis Costello’s classic hit, Pump It Up, was written in a Newcastle fire escape! Elvis Costello to be honoured in Liverpool's Titanic Hotel (10/2014): Insider hears that Elvis Costello is to be presented with a prestigious Icon award at the Collective Honours next month.
