Elvis Costello

**Elvis Costello** (born **Declan Patrick MacManus**, 25 August 1954) is an English singer and songwriter. He was born at St Mary’s Hospital in London. He was an important musician in the late 1970s punk rock and new wave music styles. 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.

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. In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, _Rolling Stone_ ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

After two earlier marriages he married jazz pianist Diana Krall in 2003.

## 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_.

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.

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Elvis Costello
- **img**: Elvis costello.jpg
- **img capt**: Elvis Costello at a promotional performance in the Summer of 2006.
- **img size**: 200px
- **landscape**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Declan Patrick MacManus
- **birth place**: London, England
- **instrument**: Singing, Vocals
Guitar
- **genre**: Rock music, Rock
Pop music, Pop
New wave music, New Wave
Pub rock (UK), Pub rock
Power pop
- **occupation**: Singer-songwriter
- **years active**: 1977–present
- **label**: Stiff Records, Stiff, Radar Records, Radar, F-Beat Records, F-Beat, Demon Records, Demon, Columbia Records, Columbia, Warner Records, Warner Bros., Deutsche Grammophon, Lost Highway Records, Lost Highway
- **associated acts**: The Attractions, The Imposters, Burt Bacharach, Allen Toussaint
- **url**: [http://elviscostello.com/ Elvis Costello.com]