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* IHaveManyNames: Though most often credited as Elvis Costello, for a while in the late eighties and early nineties, he used the name Declan [=MacManus=] in most of his songwriting credits. Other identities pop up at whim: The Imposter has been used as the name of a writer/performer for a few assorted singles, occasionally also showing up in some production credits of Costello material. A 1982 track (which Costello wrote, produced, sang and played all instruments on) was credited to The Emotional Toothpaste. Napoleon Dynamite[[note]]No relation to [[Film/NapoleonDynamite the movie]] according to its creators, though Costello was skeptical and considered litigation[[/note]] was used as a performance pseudonym for a 1982 single and in the credits of a 1986 album. The name The Little Hands Of Concrete (or L.H.C.) is used in the credits of ''King Of America'' to identify Costello's contributions. Howard Coward is Costello's identity when performing as part of the Coward Brothers with T-Bone Burnett; the name has also popped up in a few production credits. He uses Eamonn Singer as an identity for some of the paintings and designs on albums and singles. A recent collector's-only 10" vinyl single from 2017 is credited to Sgt. Larry Singer. On the 1987 12" single "Blue Chair", Costello uses a number of these identities: the single is credited to Elvis Costello as a performer; the credited writer of all four tracks is "[=MacManus=]; track 1 is a Coward Brothers production, co-mixed by Howard Coward; track 3 features acoustic guitar by L.H.C.; track 4 is "A Napoleon Dynamite Production"; the 12" package as a whole is co-designed by Eamonn Singer.

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* IHaveManyNames: Though most often credited as Elvis Costello, for a while in the late eighties and early nineties, he used the name Declan [=MacManus=] in most of his songwriting credits. Other identities pop up at whim: The Imposter has been used as the name of a writer/performer for a few assorted singles, occasionally also showing up in some production credits of Costello material. A 1982 track (which Costello wrote, produced, sang and played all instruments on) was credited to The Emotional Toothpaste. Napoleon Dynamite[[note]]No relation to [[Film/NapoleonDynamite the movie]] according to its creators, though Costello was skeptical and considered litigation[[/note]] was used as a performance pseudonym for a 1982 single and in the credits of a 1986 album. The name The Little Hands Of Concrete (or L.H.C.) is used in the credits of ''King Of America'' to identify Costello's contributions. Howard Coward is Costello's identity when performing as part of the Coward Brothers with T-Bone Burnett; the name has also popped up in a few production credits. He uses Eamonn Singer as an identity for some of the paintings and designs on albums and singles. A recent collector's-only 10" vinyl single from 2017 is credited to Sgt. Larry Singer. On
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the 1987 4-track 12" single "Blue Chair", Costello uses a number of these identities: the single is credited to Elvis Costello '''Elvis Costello''' as a performer; the credited writer of all four tracks is "[=MacManus=]; '''[=MacManus=]'''; track 1 is a Coward Brothers production, co-mixed by Howard Coward; '''Howard Coward'''; track 3 features acoustic guitar by L.'''L.H.C.; '''; track 4 is "A Napoleon Dynamite '''Napoleon Dynamite''' Production"; the 12" package as a whole is co-designed by Eamonn Singer.'''Eamonn Singer'''.

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