https://elviscostello.info//wiki/index.php?title=Acton_Gazette,_December_15,_1977&feed=atom&action=historyActon Gazette, December 15, 1977 - Revision history2024-03-28T14:19:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://elviscostello.info//wiki/index.php?title=Acton_Gazette,_December_15,_1977&diff=17487653&oldid=prevZmuda: fix scan error2022-02-20T16:45:51Z<p>fix scan error</p>
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<center><h3> The shy young lad destined for the top </h3></center><br />
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He was called Dec McManus when he worked in North Acton.<br />
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He was a shy, solitary character then; he just got on with his job as a computer operator, dreamed dreams and spoke when he was spoken to.<br />
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Today, he is known to millions as Elvis Costello, overnight rock sensation with a smash hit single and album under his belt.<br />
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He's the small, thin guy who scowls out of the T.V. screen from behind ugly, black-rimmed glasses, sports a Services haircut and looks as though his clothes are too big for him.<br />
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His workmates didn't pay much attention to him in the Elizabeth Arden factory, Wales Farm Road. He was just the kid in blue jeans who strummed a guitar and liked a drop of whisky. <br />
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But suddenly they looked around and Dec McManus was gone. He was already Elvis Costello, setting off on the short path that was to lead him to international fame.<br />
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Inventor Hugh Maclean, who works at the factory, remembers a night three years ago when he gave Elvis a fiver and a bottle of strong stuff to play for him at a private party.<br />
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Mac had just designed a pair of shoes with flashing lights in the tots, and the party was for the young lady who modelled them.<br />
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"There were only about seven of us at the party, including Elvis," Mac said. "He played by himself on the acoustic guitar. <br />
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"He was a good musician, but I couldn't understand the music. I asked him to play some Country and Western but he kept on doing other things. The drunker he got, the better he played." <br />
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Elvis used to rehearse with his band in the factory canteen on Sundays.<br />
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"He looked just the same as he does now, except that he wore jeans and a denim jacket."<br />
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"He left Elizabeth Arden when he became famous," said Mac. "Everyone was talking about him. No one ever dreamed be would become so popular."<br />
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Now that he is a big name, the firm is running a competition through its own magazine for an autographed copy of the last Elvis Costello album, ''My Aim Is True''. <br />
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'''Gazette And Post, December 15, 1977<br />
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The ''Acton Gazette'' profiles Elvis Costello.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/acton-gazette BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk]<br />
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