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Costello, Elvis

LC control no.n 86032613
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.C685 Biography
Personal name headingCostello, Elvis
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Variant(s)MacManus, D. P. A. (Declan Patrick Aloysius)
MacManus, Declan Patrick Aloysius
See alsoDynamite, Napoleon
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Imposter (Musician)
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Birth date1954-08-25
Place of birthLondon (England)
Field of activityLyric writing (Popular music) Rock music
Profession or occupationMusicians Singers Composers
Found inParkyn, G. Elvis Costello, c1984: t.p. (Elvis Costello)
His Spike, c1989: t.p. (Elvis Costello) p. 6 (words and music by D.P.A. MacManus)
Encyc. of rock, 1988 (Costello, Elvis; b. Declan MacManus; in London, 25 Aug. 1954)
Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 9, 2005 (under Elvis Costello: Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus, better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello; b. Aug. 25, 1954, London; popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry)
Wikipedia WWW site, Feb. 3, 2011 (under Elvis Costello: Costello adopted the alias Napoleon Dynamite; the pseudonym had previously been used in 1982, when the B-side single "Imperial Bedroom" was credited to Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard; was later appropriated by the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite)
Wikipedia, November 4, 2014 (Elvis Costello; under the pseudonym The Imposter, Costello released Pills and soap, an attack on the changes in British society brought on by Thatcherism; released to coincide with the run-up to the 1983 UK general election)
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Associated languageeng