Elvis Costello

vocal, producer, guitar, guitars, performer, phonographic copyright, electric guitar, horn, instrument arranger, acoustic guitar, conductor, piano, organ, bass guitar, bass, mandolin, bells, ukulele, harmonica, tambourine, slide guitar, mandoguitar, arranger, mellotron, Hammond organ, bass pedals, harmonium, 12 string guitar

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer) producer, bass guitar (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, Alison, All the Rage, Blame It on Cain, Clown Strike, Hand in Hand, I’m Not Angry, Just About Glad, Less Than Zero, Lip Service, Lipstick Vogue, Little Triggers, Living in Paradise, Miracle Man, My Science Fiction Twin, Mystery Dance, No Action, No Dancing, Pay It Back, Pony St., Pump It Up, Radio, Radio, Rocking Horse Road, Sneaky Feelings, Still Too Soon to Know, The Beat, This Year’s Girl, Waiting for the End of the World, Watching the Detectives, Welcome to the Working Week, You Belong to Me
Pete Thomas (drummer) drums, percussion 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Bama Lama Bama Loo, Clown Strike, Days, Favourite Hour, Hidden Charms, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, Leave My Kitten Alone, London’s Brilliant Parade, Miss Macbeth, My Science Fiction Twin, Payday, Please Stay, Pony St., Remove This Doubt, Rocking Horse Road, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, Tramp the Dirt Down, You Tripped at Every Step
Mitchell Froom producer, chamberlin, electric piano, harmonium, organ 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Baby Plays Around, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, God’s Comic, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, London’s Brilliant Parade, Miss Macbeth, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Satellite, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, Tramp the Dirt Down, Veronica, You Tripped at Every Step
Jerry Scheff bass guitar, double bass Bama Lama Bama Loo, Coal‐Train Robberies, Days, Everybody’s Crying Mercy, Hidden Charms, I Threw It All Away, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Leave My Kitten Alone, Let Him Dangle, Must You Throw Dirt in My Face, Pads, Paws and Claws, Payday, Please Stay, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Remove This Doubt, Running Out of Fools, Strange, The Very Thought of You, Tramp the Dirt Down

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer) producer, bass guitar (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, Alison, All the Rage, Blame It on Cain, Clown Strike, Hand in Hand, I’m Not Angry, Just About Glad, Less Than Zero, Lip Service, Lipstick Vogue, Little Triggers, Living in Paradise, Miracle Man, My Science Fiction Twin, Mystery Dance, No Action, No Dancing, Pay It Back, Pony St., Pump It Up, Radio, Radio, Rocking Horse Road, Sneaky Feelings, Still Too Soon to Know, The Beat, This Year’s Girl, Waiting for the End of the World, Watching the Detectives, Welcome to the Working Week, You Belong to Me
Pete Thomas (drummer) drums, percussion 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Bama Lama Bama Loo, Clown Strike, Days, Favourite Hour, Hidden Charms, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, Leave My Kitten Alone, London’s Brilliant Parade, Miss Macbeth, My Science Fiction Twin, Payday, Please Stay, Pony St., Remove This Doubt, Rocking Horse Road, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, Tramp the Dirt Down, You Tripped at Every Step
Mitchell Froom producer, chamberlin, electric piano, harmonium, organ 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Baby Plays Around, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, God’s Comic, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, London’s Brilliant Parade, Miss Macbeth, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Satellite, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, Tramp the Dirt Down, Veronica, You Tripped at Every Step
Jerry Scheff bass guitar, double bass Bama Lama Bama Loo, Coal‐Train Robberies, Days, Everybody’s Crying Mercy, Hidden Charms, I Threw It All Away, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Leave My Kitten Alone, Let Him Dangle, Must You Throw Dirt in My Face, Pads, Paws and Claws, Payday, Please Stay, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Remove This Doubt, Running Out of Fools, Strange, The Very Thought of You, Tramp the Dirt Down
Steve Nieve harmonium, organ, piano 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, London’s Brilliant Parade, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Someone Took the Words Away, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, When Did I Stop Dreaming, You Left Me in the Dark, You Tripped at Every Step
Marc Ribot performer, Spanish acoustic guitar, banjo, electric guitar, guitar, tenor horn / alto horn Bama Lama Bama Loo, Chewing Gum, Days, Everybody’s Crying Mercy, God’s Comic, Hidden Charms, I Threw It All Away, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Leave My Kitten Alone, Let Him Dangle, My Mood Swings, Pads, Paws and Claws, Payday, Please Stay, Remove This Doubt, Strange, The Very Thought of You, Tramp the Dirt Down
Kevin Killen engineer, mix, producer, recording 20% Amnesia, Any King’s Shilling, Baby Plays Around, Chewing Gum, Coal‐Train Robberies, Days, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, God’s Comic, Kinder Murder, Last Boat Leaving, Let Him Dangle, Miss Macbeth, Pads, Paws and Claws, Satellite, Stalin Malone, Tramp the Dirt Down, Veronica, …This Town…
Tchad Blake mix, recording 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, London’s Brilliant Parade, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, You Tripped at Every Step
Larry Knechtel Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, prepared piano Bama Lama Bama Loo, Days, Everybody’s Crying Mercy, Hidden Charms, I Threw It All Away, I’ve Been Wrong Before, Leave My Kitten Alone, Must You Throw Dirt in My Face, Payday, Please Stay, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Remove This Doubt, Running Out of Fools, Strange, The Very Thought of You
John Paterno mix 13 Steps Lead Down, 20% Amnesia, All the Rage, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, Just About Glad, Kinder Murder, London’s Brilliant Parade, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, You Tripped at Every Step
Jim Keltner cymbals, drums, snare drum, tom-tom Bama Lama Bama Loo, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Everybody’s Crying Mercy, God’s Comic, I Threw It All Away, Last Boat Leaving, Leave My Kitten Alone, Must You Throw Dirt in My Face, My Mood Swings, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Running Out of Fools, Satellite, Strange, The Very Thought of You, …This Town…
Julie Gardner recording 13 Steps Lead Down, All the Rage, Clown Strike, Favourite Hour, Just About Glad, London’s Brilliant Parade, My Science Fiction Twin, Pony St., Rocking Horse Road, Still Too Soon to Know, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, You Tripped at Every Step
Michael Blair (American drummer/producer/songwriter based in Sweden) bells, drums, glockenspiel, marimba, percussion, snare drum, tambourine, timpani, vibraphone, whip, xylophone Chewing Gum, Coal‐Train Robberies, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, God’s Comic, Let Him Dangle, Miss Macbeth, Pads, Paws and Claws, Satellite, Tramp the Dirt Down, Veronica, …This Town…
James Burton (guitarist) acoustic guitar, electric guitar Bama Lama Bama Loo, I Threw It All Away, Leave My Kitten Alone, Must You Throw Dirt in My Face, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Running Out of Fools, The Very Thought of You
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band instrument arranger Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Jerry Marotta drums, snare drum Coal‐Train Robberies, Let Him Dangle, Miss Macbeth, Pads, Paws and Claws, Veronica
Declan Patrick MacManus instrument arranger, vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, horn, melodica, organ, piano, tambourine Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone, …This Town…
Bruce Thomas bass guitar 13 Steps Lead Down, London’s Brilliant Parade, Sulky Girl, This Is Hell, You Tripped at Every Step
Benmont Tench Clavinet, keyboard, organ, piano Chewing Gum, Coal‐Train Robberies, Let Him Dangle, Satellite, Veronica
T-Bone Burnett producer, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, resonator guitar Coal‐Train Robberies, My Mood Swings, Pads, Paws and Claws, Veronica, …This Town…
Kevin Harris tenor saxophone Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Kirk Joseph sousaphone Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Gregory Davis trumpet Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Efrem Towns trumpet Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Roger Lewis (Sax Player - Dirty Dozen Brass Band) baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone Chewing Gum, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Davy Spillane low whistle, uilleann pipes Any King’s Shilling, Miss Macbeth, Tramp the Dirt Down
Dónal Lunny acoustic guitar, bodhrán, bouzouki Any King’s Shilling, Miss Macbeth, Tramp the Dirt Down
Steve Wickham fiddle Any King’s Shilling, Miss Macbeth, Tramp the Dirt Down
Pascale Giovetto (engineer) recording 20% Amnesia, Kinder Murder
Paul McCartney bass guitar Veronica, …This Town…
Justin Underhill (Engineer) recording 20% Amnesia, Kinder Murder
Ralph Forbes electronic drum set Satellite, …This Town…
Cait O'Riordan bells, maracas Last Boat Leaving, …This Town…
Christy Moore bodhrán Any King’s Shilling
Charles Joseph trombone Miss Macbeth, Stalin Malone
Buell Neidlinger cello, double bass Any King’s Shilling, God’s Comic
T-Bone Wolk accordion, bass guitar Last Boat Leaving, Satellite
Fran McPhail vocal Full Force Gale
Dave Hartley piano She
Dave Taylor (US jazz bass trombonist) bass trombone You Left Me in the Dark
Derek Bell Irish harp / clàrsach, hammered dulcimer Any King’s Shilling
Frank Ricotti vibraphone She
Frankie Gavin fiddle Any King’s Shilling
Gareth Cousins mix, recording She
Geoffrey Alexander conductor She
Gerry Cullen vocal Full Force Gale
Greg Cohen bass My Mood Swings
Jenell Marshall snare drum Stalin Malone
John Hanlon (recording engineer) mix Alison
Julian Kershaw arranger She
Larry Adler harmonica But Not for Me
Lionel Batiste bass drum Stalin Malone
London Symphony Orchestra performing orchestra She
Michael Formanek bass You Left Me in the Dark
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) vocal Alison
Bob Carlisle (french hornist) French horn You Left Me in the Dark
Paul Clarvis drums She
Paul Hicks engineer She
Brian Masterson mix Full Force Gale
Brodsky Quartet performer Still
Peter Erskine drums You Left Me in the Dark
Phil Callery vocal Full Force Gale
Phil Coulter producer Full Force Gale
Roger McGuinn 12 string guitar …This Town…
Roger Moutenot engineer, mix My Mood Swings
Simon Rhodes recording She
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders) vocal Satellite
Clem Clempson instrument She
Conrad Herwig (American jazz trombonist) trombone You Left Me in the Dark
The Voice Squad vocal Full Force Gale
Trevor Barry bass guitar She
Trevor Jones (South African film composer) producer She
Van Morrison producer Full Force Gale
Willie Green drums Chewing Gum

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Elvis Costello & The Attractions performer, producer, vocal, bass guitar, guitar, guitars, harmonium, organ, piano, tambourine (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding, (What’s so Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding, Accidents Will Happen, Alison, Backstabbers / King Horse, Battered Old Bird, Big Boys, Big Sister’s Clothes, Blue Chair, Boy With a Problem, Busy Bodies, Charm School, Chemistry Class, Clubland, Crimes of Paris, Everyday I Write the Book, Good Year for the Roses, Goon Squad, Green Shirt, Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head, Home Truth, Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?, I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down, I Hope You’re Happy Now, I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself, I Wanna Be Loved, I Want You, Inch by Inch, Joe Porterhouse, Kid About It, King of Thieves, Let Them All Talk, Love Field, Love Went Mad, Miracle Man, Moods for Moderns, Mouth Almighty, Mystery Dance, New Lace Sleeves, Next Time Round, Oliver’s Army, Party Girl, Party Party, Peace in Our Time, Pills and Soap, Poor Napoleon, Possession, Pump It Up / Ain't That a Lot of Love, Room With No Number, Secondary Modern, Senior Service, Shabby Doll, Shipbuilding, Sour Milk‐Cow Blues, TKO (Boxing Day), Temptation / Theme From a Summer Place, The Comedians, The Deportees Club, The Element Within Her, The Great Unknown, The Greatest Thing, The Invisible Man, The Only Flame in Town, The World and His Wife, Tokyo Storm Warning, Two Little Hitlers, Uncomplicated, Watch Your Step, Watching the Detectives, Worthless Thing
庞龙 vocal, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, mandoguitar, mellotron, organ, slide guitar, ukulele Card Shark, Diamond Ring, Down on the Bottom, Duncan and Jimmy, Florida Key, Golden Tom – Silver Judas, Hidee Hidee Ho #11, Hidee Hidee Ho #16, Kansas City, Liberty Street, Lost on the River #12, Married to My Hack, Nothing to It, Quick Like a Flash, Six Months in Kansas City (Liberty Street), Spanish Mary, Stranger, The Whistle Is Blowing, When I Get My Hands on You
Artura Brieža ansamblis instrument arranger, phonographic copyright, producer (She Might Be a) Grenade, Can You Hear Me?, Come the Meantimes, If I Could Believe, My New Haunt, Refuse to Be Saved, Stick Out Your Tongue, Sugar Won't Work, The Puppet Has Cut His Strings, Tripwire, Viceroy's Row, Wake Me Up, Walk Us Uptown, Wise Up Ghost
Jodie Marie vocal, Hammond organ All These Things, Ascension Day, Broken Promise Land, Freedom for the Stallion, International Echo, Nearer to You, On Your Way Down, Six-Fingered Man, Tears, Tears and More Tears, The River in Reverse, The Sharpest Thorn, Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?, Wonder Woman
The Specials producer (Dawning of a) New Era, Blank Expression, Concrete Jungle, Do the Dog, Doesn’t Make It Alright, It’s Up to You, Little Bitch, Monkey Man, Nite Klub, Stupid Marriage, Too Hot, Too Much Too Young, You’re Wondering Now
The Pogues producer A Pair of Brown Eyes, Dirty Old Town, London Girl, Planxty Noel Hill, Rainy Night in Soho (Oboe version), Sally MacLennane, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, The Body of an American, The Old Main Drag, The Sickbed of Cúchulainn
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band vocal That's How You Got Killed Before
Bruce Springsteen performer Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), [Bruce Springsteen Part One], [Bruce Springsteen Part Two]
Richard Hell & The Voidoids vocal, guitar Shattered, You Gotta Lose
Christy Moore vocal Missing You
KFox performer I Shall Be Released
L.A. Doors producer My Dark Life
Mental as Anything producer I Didn't Mean to be Mean
Mike Duke performer I Throw My Toys Around
Ovend performer Allison
PLC performer Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Pete Pole vocal Stranger in the House
Blitzkrieg performer It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Squeeze vocal Black Coffee in Bed
T. V. Sankaranarayanan vocal Fairly Right
The Bluebells producer Will She Always Be Waiting
DAY BREAKERS performer We Ought to Be Ashamed
The Jazz Passengers vocal Aubergine
Agu Tammeorg vocal Adrian
The Southern All Stars vocal St. Stephen’s Day Murders
George Nauful vocal They Can't Take That Away From Me
U.D.I. producer Free Nelson Mandela (extended version)
Vahur Valgmaa performer Are You Havin' Any Fun?
einsauszwei instrument arranger, phonographic copyright, producer Cinco minutos con vos
His Statue Falls performer For the Stars
Hugh Blackwood guitar Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll & Chaos
Jenny Lewis vocal Carpetbaggers
Burt Bacharach vocal Who Are These People?
John Hiatt vocal Living a Little, Laughing a Little
Josiane Breault producer A Message to You Rudy