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Elvis Costello & The Attractions is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ian Dury, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Beatles and Burt Bacharach. Those roots explain a lot about how Elvis Costello & The Attractions arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Jam, Dexys Midnight Runners and The Undertones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chet Baker, Alison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, George Jones and Roy Orbison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Elvis Costello & The Attractions, reaching back through Ian Dury and forward to Chet Baker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Declan Patrick MacManus, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author, and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison with the raw energy and sass that were principal ethics of punk", noting the "construction of his songs, which set densely layered wordplay in an ever-expanding repertoire of styles". He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions connections
Elvis Costello & The Attractions grew out of Ian Dury, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Jam and Dexys Midnight Runners, went on to shape Chet Baker, Alison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt and George Jones. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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