Elvis Costello's Birth Card: The Ace of Clubs

In the record

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author, and television host. The birth-card coordinate for August 25 is the Ace of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2003 Performers with Elvis Costello & the Attractions induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2003 Performers — inducted member of Elvis Costello & the Attractions

The Ace of Clubs coordinate

Elvis Costello's birthday maps to the Ace of Clubs (The Creative Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Elvis Costello. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a new idea while it is still usable, and you let it meet the world unfinished.

Live Ace of Clubs meaning page

Elvis Costello in the public record

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. Born into a musical family, Costello was raised with knowledge and appreciation of a wide range of musical styles and an insider's view of the music business. His professional career as a musician coincided with the rise of punk rock in England. The primitivism brought into fashion by punk led Costello to disguise his musical knowledge at the beginning of his career, but his stylistic range has come to encompass R&B, country, jazz, baroque pop, Tin Pan Alley and classical music. His debut album, My Aim Is True (1977), produced no hit singles but contains some of his best-known songs, including the ballad "Alison". Costello's next two albums, This Year's Model (1978) and Armed Forces (1979), helped define the new wave genre. From late 1977 until early 1980, all of his singles reached the UK Top 30, including his biggest hit "Oliver's Army" (1979).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Elvis Costello (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Elvis Costello, and not a forecast of induction.

You keep your needs and theirs in the same conversation, and you let disagreement stay on the table. You're wired for union—you understand yourself best in relationship to another. You read people, harmonize needs, and create the felt sense of "us." Connection isn't a luxury for you; it's how you locate yourself.

One of his best-known songs, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding", was a cover version of a song by Nick Lowe's group Brinsley Schwarz, which had remained obscure until Costello's 1979 version.

Paired on shared wording: best, understanding.

Also on the record

1. He has had more modest commercial success in the US but has earned much critical praise.
2. From 1977 until the early 2000s, Costello's albums regularly ranked high on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll, with This Year's Model and Imperial Bedroom (1982) voted the best album of their respective years.
3. His biggest US hit single, "Veronica" (1989), reached No.
4. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Other inductees with this card

• Brent Mydland — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
• Bruce Springsteen — 1999 Performers
• Charlotte Caffey — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
• Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels — 2009 Performers with Run-DMC
• Eddie Kendricks — 1989 Performers with The Temptations
• Elvin Bishop — 2015 Performers with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Gene Simmons — 2014 Performers with Kiss
• Harvey Fuqua — 2000 Performers with The Moonglows
• Ian Paice — 2016 Performers with Deep Purple
• John Bonham — 1995 Performers with Led Zeppelin
• Lee Loughnane — 2016 Performers with Chicago
• Matt Sorum — 2012 Performers with Guns N' Roses
• 10 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Elvis Costello's birth card?

The Ace of Clubs. August 25 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Elvis Costello's dates come from?

Birth date 1954-08-25 is the day-precision date on Elvis Costello's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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