What is Elvis Costello?
{{Infobox musical artist | | Name = Elvis Costello | Img = Elvis costello.jpg | Img_capt = Elvis Costello at a [[promotion]]al performance in the Summer of 2006. | Img_size = 200px | Landscape = yes | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Declan Patrick MacManus | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | Instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]<br>[[Guitar]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br>[[Pop music|Pop]]<br>[[New Wave music|New Wave]]<br>[[Pub rock (UK)|Pub rock]]<br>[[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 Bros. 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] | Notable_instruments = }} '''Elvis Costello''' (born '''Declan Patrick MacManus''', 25 August 1954) is an [[English people|English]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/509/000024437/ |title=Elvis Costello at NNDB |publisher=Nndb.com |accessdate=30 July 2011}}</ref> He was born at St Mary’s Hospital in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OO5hQBVPoOAC&dq=elvis+costello+st+mary+hospital&pg=PA127|title=Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition|last=Smith|first=Larry David|date=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97392-6|language=en}}</ref> He was an important musician in the late 1970s [[punk rock]] and [[new wave]] music styles.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20021018elvisrecp1.asp |first=Ed |last=Masley |da