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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.

Elvis Costello shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.

He arrived seemingly fully-formed with his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True, full of passion, anger and poetry - and hasn't stopped moving since.

He's produced albums of sneering post punk, lavish orchestral pop, country and western, easy listening, classical, Tin Pan Alley pop and jazz - and the thread that runs through all this is his songwriting skill.

Elvis talks about the influence of his father (who was a trumpeter with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50s and 60s), the recording of his breakthrough debut album and enlisting Chet Baker for Shipbuilding.

He also talks about some of his favourite collaborators, including Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and the Roots.

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Fri 15 May 2020 01:00
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Music Played

  • Elvis Costello

    (WHAT'S SO FUNNY 'BOUT) PEACE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

    • THE VERY BEST OF ELVIS COSTELLO.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 546-6142.

  • Elvis Costello

    WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

    • THREE MINUTE HEROES.
    • VIRGIN.
    • VTCD-9.

  • Dinah Washington

    I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

    • EVIL GAL: THE IMPERIOUS DINAH WASHINGTON.
    • EL RECORDS.
    • ACMEM-101CD.

  • The Beatles

    PLEASE PLEASE ME

    • PLEASE PLEASE ME.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • CDP-7 46435 2.

  • Ross Mcmanus

    Patsy Girl

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • His Master's Voice.
    • POP 1279.

  • Georgie Fame

    GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.
    • 847 810-2.

  • Elvis Costello

    LESS THAN ZERO

    • MY AIM IS TRUE.
    • DEMON RECORDS.
    • MANUS 101-0.

  • Elvis Costello

    ALISON

    • MY AIM IS TRUE.
    • DEMON RECORDS.
    • DPAM-13.

  • Joni Mitchell

    California

    • Blue.
    • Reprise.
    • 7599-27199-2.

  • Elvis Costello

    ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

    • THE VERY BEST OF.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 546 490--2.

  • Elvis Costello

    SHIPBUILDING

    • THE MAN.
    • IMP.
    • FIENDCD-52.

  • COSTELLO, ELVIS & BURT BACHARACH

    GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH

    • GRACE OF MY HEART SOUNDTRACK.
    • MCA.
    • MCD-11554.

  • Elvis Costello

    Veronica

    • SPIKE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 9258482-NA.

  • Elvis Costello & The Roots

    Stick Out Your Tongue

    • Wake Up Ghost.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1874901.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

    • Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers.
    • Demon Records.

  • The Clash

    Straight To Hell

    • CBS.

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  • Sun 3 Nov 2013 13:00
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