Elvis Costello

Bei der Erwähnung von Ausnahmetalenten der Rocklyrik denkt man vielleicht nicht sofort an Elvis Costello, doch er verdient Beachtung. Über vier Jahrzehnte hinweg verfolgte der ehemalige Programmierer eine Karriere als Singer-Songwriter und stellte selbst Größen wie Bob Dylan in den Schatten. Geboren wurde er am 25. August 1954 als Declan MacManus in London. 1977 nahm er den Künstlernamen Elvis Costello an, wobei er seinen Vornamen von Elvis Presley und den Nachnamen seiner Mutter übernahm. Ebenfalls 1977 erschien Costellos Debütalbum „My Aim Is True“, das zwar Verbindungen zur New-Wave- und Punkbewegung aufwies, aber gleichzeitig musikalische Vielfalt zeigte. Im selben Jahr gründete…

Filmografie
Filme
2026 – McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
2025 – Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 – Alma Naidu Levekusener Jazztage 2025
2025 – Elvis Costello meets WDR Bigband · Leverkusener Jazztage 2025
2024 – Record On: The Specials - A Message to You
2023 – Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2022 – Roy Orbison - Von Pretty Woman zu Only the Lonely
2021 – Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
2020 – Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain
2020 – Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2019 – Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2018 – Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2017 – Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017 – Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2016 – The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2015 – Elvis Costello - Detour Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
2014 – Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued
2013 – Costello, der andere Elvis
2013 – Experience Montreux
2012 – Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook
2011 – A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young
2011 – I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2010 – Love Shines
2010 – Hard Rock Calling 2010
2010 – A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD!
2009 – Live From Bonnaroo 2009
2008 – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
2008 – The Chieftains
2007 – If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
2007 – Blitzlichtgewitter
2007 – Elvis Costello: Live: A Case for Song
2007 – Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007 – The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2006 – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade
2006 – The Harry Smith Project Live
2006 – Before the Music Dies
2006 – Ricky Bobby - König der Rennfahrer
2006 – Elvis Costello & Friends
2006 – Putting the River in Reverse
2006 – Grand Ole Opry Live
2006 – The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
2006 – From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
2005 – Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
2005 – The Pretenders: No Turn Left Unstoned
2005 – Elvis Costello: The Right Spectacle - The Very Best of Elvis Costello
2005 – Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005 – Off The Beaten Path: A Road Trip With Elvis & Pete
2004 – Live Aid
2004 – Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
2004 – De-Lovely - Die Cole Porter Story
2004 – Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
2004 – Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Club Date - Live in Memphis
2003 – Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well
2003 – The Fan - Schatten des Ruhms
2003 – Elvis Costello: North
2003 – Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin'
2003 – Freedom Beat
2002 – There's Only One Paul McCartney
2001 – A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David
2001 – Prison Song
2000 – Sans plomb
1999 – Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999 – In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999 – Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 – Austin Powers – Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung
1999 – Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
1999 – Eine Nacht in New York
1999 – Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1998 – Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
1998 – Brian Wilson’s Imagination
1998 – Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night
1997 – Spice World - Der Film
1996 – Tony Bennett's New York
1994 – Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
1994 – Dusty
1994 – Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife
1994 – September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1993 – Weird Nightmare
1991 – Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet - The Juliet Letters
1989 – Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989 – Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
1988 – Roy Orbison - Black and White Night
1987 – Red Shoes In the Land of the Midnight Sun: Elvis Costello & The Confederates Live in Tokyo
1987 – Straight to Hell - Fahr zur Hölle
1986 – Chet Baker Live at Ronnie Scott's
1986 – The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
1985 – No Surrender
1985 – Live Aid
1984 – The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1981 – George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends
1981 – Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1980 – Elvis Costello & The Attractions Live in Montreaux
1979 – 1998 - Die vier Milliarden Dollar Show
1978 – Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Live at The Capitol Theatre
1978 – If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth a Fuck
Elvis Costello & the Attractions live in Boston & Detroit 1978
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Little Red Robin Hood Serien
2025 – Words + Music
2021 – This Is Pop
2017 – Pete the Cat
2015 – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2011 – Hamburg Journal
2010 – Treme
2009 – Live from the Artists Den
2008 – Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2006 – Legends
2006 – 30 Rock
2005 – The Colbert Report
2003 – Two and a Half Men
2003 – Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002 – CMT Crossroads
1997 – Classic Albums
1996 – The Daily Show
1996 – TFI Friday
1996 – Hinterm Mond gleich links
1995 – Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 – The Frank Skinner Show
1995 – Lo + plus
1993 – Frasier
1993 – Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – Later... with Jools Holland
1992 – Die Larry Sanders Show
1992 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1990 – Have I Got News for You
1989 – Die Simpsons
1989 – MTV Unplugged
1984 – Scully
1982 – The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 – Champs-Elysées
1978 – The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978 – The South Bank Show
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1975 – Austin City Limits
1964 – Top of the Pops
1953 – Oscar Verleihung

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