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Showing posts with label Elvis Costello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elvis Costello. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2021

In The 1970s Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello born in 1954 in London, he was born as Declan Patrick MacManus. His dad played with the Joe Loss Orchestra and was famous in the 1970s for being the voice for the "secret lemonade drinker" in a TV ad for R WIGHTS LEMONADE. Ross MacManus (father) died in 2011.


Thursday, December 31, 2020

I Love 1978 Part 2 / Punk - New Wave - Rock - Pop

Patti Smith Group, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, The Clash, Tom Robinson Band and more. 1978 was a swirling mass of genres; disco, punk, funk, R&B, rock, and New Wave all banging beautifully into each other as the seeds of hip-hop were being sown, ready to take on the world in 1979.Part 2 Includes Mostly British and American Punk/New Wave Artists,A Lot Of (Hard and Classic) Rock,Along With Timeless Pop Hits and Ballads.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

1970s Top Ten by Steve Hill

The music of the 70s, was a mix of everything, from novelty records,disco,rock,country and so so much more. In an occasional series we ask readers to come up with their Top Ten of the 1970s.
Steve is a UK born guy now living in Asia and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music, so I hope I get nothing wrong here.