Between 1977 and 1986, Costello put out 11 albums. He worked with well-known producers like T Bone Burnett, Geoff Emerick, and Billy Sherrill. Most notably he worked with Nick Lowe on his first five ...

On July 9, 1977, a little more than a month before his 23rd birthday, Elvis Costello did what many young, aspiring musicians are told not to do: He quit his day job. Costello had worked several odd ...

The unsigned Elvis Costello wasted no time in 1976 when he learned that a buzzy London-based label was looking for new talent. “I was the first songwriter through the door after reading an ...

Costello was enjoying a commercial breakthrough in 1977 with “Watching the Detectives.” Coming to America to perform on Saturday Night Live was going to introduce him to the world’s biggest music ...

Few artists have logged the kind of first decade Elvis Costello did at the start of his career — 11 studio albums between 1977-86, most greeted with near universal acclaim for their stylistic ...