Happy Birthday, Declan Patrick MacManus

Next Monday we wish a Happy 54th Birthday to Irish songwriter, singer, and musician Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello.

Here is a gritty, raw, video of his first television performance, Alison:

I'm not gonna get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you are loving some body
I only know it isn't mine

This is why funding the arts is important, why including music and the arts in school curricula is important. You never know where the next MacManus is lurking.

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