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<mask> (18 February 1957 – 11 April 2020) was an IAS Officer of the 1979 batch. He belonged to the  Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. <mask> served as the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO from 2010 to 2014, as well as Secretary to the Government of India, in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, and in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development. Education
<mask> studied at The Doon School and St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He had a postgraduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. <mask> was the president of the Delhi School of Economics Students Union from 1977-78. Early career
<mask> taught economics at Ramjas College, Delhi University, before joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979.He was one of the youngest officers in his batch, having cleared the entrance exam in his first try itself. Allotted to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, he served in the field through several postings, starting as a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Barpeta and later became the District Magistrate when Barpeta became a district. Later he served  in the Assam Secretariat, in the Finance, Home and Political Departments. He was transferred to the Central Government to the Department of Economic Affairs (1986–90). Assigned to the Policy desk for the World Bank, <mask> was additionally entrusted with developing social sector projects and loans; and completed negotiations for India's first education loan (vocational education) in March 1990. In 1990, <mask> returned to Assam as Secretary, Finance Department. In May 1993, he was deputed to the Central Government, in the Ministry of Defence, as Director (International Cooperation).Oberoi was the nodal point for UN and international organizations on peacekeeping operations, measures for conventional disarmament, restraint on land mine usage, and restrictions on us of other laser weapons deemed to be excessively injurious. From 1996-2001, <mask> worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in India as the Chief (Industry and Technology), essentially with projects in the small scale sector, and in conjunction with the UNIDO on technology assimilation. In 2002, he was tasked with establishing and chairing the National Mission on Bamboo Applications. In this role, <mask> steered the development of non traditional products and promoted the manufacture, usage and applications in fields as diverse as engineered bamboo for structural applications, charcoal, activated carbon, and gasifiers to generate electricity and thermal energy. In 2007, <mask> returned to Meghalaya as Agriculture Production Commissioner. His efforts for this hill state were inevitably focused on horticulture, facilities to provide quality planting material, training technology services and aggregation support for commercialization, especially for key green-house based and high value crops. He was additionally assigned to the Border Areas, Urban Development, Public Health, Forest, and Sericulture departments.His instrumental role in the speedy establishment of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Shillong was widely appreciated within the state and beyond. Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO
In 2010, <mask> was assigned as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO. <mask> served in this role with great distinction, and ensured the election of India to the major decision making bodies in different sectors, including to the Executive Board (2013-2017), the World Heritage Committee (2011-2015), the International Oceanographic Mission, and Intangible Cultural Heritage. In the Education sector, <mask> represented India on major discussions on the Post 2015 Agenda for Education, and coordinated the E9 group of countries, and the G77 and China as Chairperson. <mask> lent his expertise on World Heritage even after retirement. In 2019, he was appointed as an advisor to the Government of Rajasthan ahead of Jaipur's nomination to the World Heritage Committee—successfully securing the nomination of the city of Jaipur on the world heritage list . <mask> has also edited a book on World Heritage along with Shikha Jain, forthcoming in 2020.Secretary to the Government of India
In 2014, <mask> returned to New Delhi to serve as  Secretary, Women and Child Development from 2014-2015. Within the year, a slew of initiatives were developed, including the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Programme—a multi-faceted set initiatives to correct the child sex ratio and uplift the status and protection of women. The Juvenile Justice Bill (subsequently adopted) was steered to finalization, as was a programme for protection of child rights and elimination of child-trafficking. In 2015, <mask> was transferred to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, as Secretary, Higher Education. His term saw the launch of the National Institute Ranking Framework, and SWAYAM, across academic disciplines and stages of education. IMPRINT came into being, a pan IIT+ IISc joint initiative to address the major science and engineering challenges faced by the industry. Post Retirement
On 21 September 2017, <mask> was appointed as an Independent Director of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.In April, it was announced that Mr. <mask> would also be the Chairperson of the seven member High Power Committee formed to examine the process of CBSE class examinations, with a view to prevent leakages. In 2018, <mask> joined Jio Institute as an advisor. He was also an advisor to various other institutions, including Pearl Academy, Apparel Export Promotion Council, the Indo-Bhutan Dialogue, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, the National Crafts Museum and more. Passion For The North East
Oberoi harbored a deep commitment to the North Eastern states of India, and worked for the development of the region even beyond his professional responsibilities. <mask> was the executive producer of "In The Forest Hangs A Bridge", a documentary film that tells the story of the making of a 1000 foot long suspension bridge made in the Damro Village of the Siang region in Arunachal Pradesh. The film won the Golden Lotus—Swarma Kamal" at the National Film Awards, 2000 for the best non-feature/documentary film of the year. After retirement, he combined his interest in photography and the West Kameng region of Arunachal Pradesh into a book, to be published by Roli books.In October 2018, Oberoi's photographs of the Monpa people of Arunachal Pradesh were also exhibited as part of the "‘Experiencing the North East" festival held at India International Centre, New Delhi. He was also the Chief Patron of the Motor Sports Club of Arunachal Pradesh, promoting the sport of motor rallying in North East India, and one of the founding members of the Siang Rush festival. References

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Dato' <mask>n Dr. <mask> (Jawi: مخريز بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian politician who twice served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and again from May 2018 to May 2020. He also served as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from March 2008 to May 2013. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Jerlun since May 2018, from March 2008 to May 2013 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jitra since May 2018 as well as Ayer Hitam from May 2013 to May 2018. He is the third son of <mask>, the 4th, 7th and former Prime Minister of Malaysia. He has been a founding member and 1st President of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) since party foundation in August 2020. He was a founding member, 1st Deputy President and State Chairman of Kedah of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) from party foundation in September 2016 to his membership termination in May 2020 and too, State Chairman of Kedah of its former coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, till he left the party with <mask> in 2016 to found BERSATU.He is one of the two Menteris Besar of Malaysia who represented two different political parties and coalitions. Business career and personal life
<mask> attended Sophia University, in Tokyo, where he received a bachelor's degree in business management (assumed in 1987). He later received another bachelor's degree in marketing after graduating from Boston University (assumed in 1989). <mask> has held various posts in several business firms, which include Opcom Holdings, Kosmo Tech as well as the Malaysian Franchise Association. He was also the executive director of Perdana Peace Global Organisation. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Malaysian cancer vaccine company, Bioven. <mask> married Yang Amat Berbahagia To' Puan Seri Utama Norzieta Zakaria on 14 November 1993, and together, they have four children.On 27 August 2020, <mask> admitted that it was his daughter and son-in-law who were recently arrested by the police for breaching the recovery movement control order (MCO) rules. On 28 August, <mask>'s daughter, Meera Alyanna Mukhriz, has apologised for breaching recovery movement-control order (RMCO) procedures by staying out past the 12pm closing time at an eatery. Political career

Pre-parliamentary career
In 2004, he won election to the executive council of UMNO's youth wing, by garnering the highest number of votes of any candidate. He was also seen as a potential candidate for being the deputy chief of UMNO Youth, but he later withdrew his candidacy. <mask> was noted for his continuous efforts in speaking for his father in the events of the rift between Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his father. In 2006, his father lost a bid to be elected as one of seven delegates from Kubang Pasu to UMNO's general assembly; <mask> was elected as one of the seven. Federal parliamentarian (2008–2013)
In the 2008 Malaysian general election, <mask> contested and won the Jerlun Parliament Seat.Before this, he offered himself to contest in Langkawi Parliament Seat but was rejected by 85 out of 91 UMNO branches in Langkawi. However, many Langkawi leaders backed him later. The Jerlun UMNO division welcomed <mask> to contest in their Parliament seat and promised to give him full support in the election. In 2009, <mask> contested as a candidate for the new UMNO Youth Chief after the wing's predecessor, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein released his position. He was rivalled by Khairy Jamaluddin and Khir Toyo. Nominations for the posts coincided with division meetings which took place between October and November 2008. <mask> was initially seen as leading in nominations compared to Khairy but eventually lost in the final vote count.However, a controversy was sparked when Khairy was allowed to contest for the post even though he was found guilty for being involved with money politics by the UMNO Disciplinary Board, while others who were found guilty for the same offence, such as Mohd Ali Rustam who was supposed to contest for the UMNO Vice-President post, were not allowed to contest for their respective posts. However, Khairy denied the allegation, as stated in his blog. First term as Menteri Besar Kedah (2013–2016)
In the 2013 election, <mask> gave up his seat in federal parliament to contest the Kedah State Assembly seat of Ayer Hitam. The move was taken with a view to becoming the Chief Minister of Kedah if the Barisan Nasional coalition could defeat the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government led by Azizan Abdul Razak. <mask> won Ayer Hitam (defeating the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) incumbent), Barisan Nasional reclaimed the state government, and <mask> was sworn in as Chief Minister on 6 May, the day after the election, in the presence of his father. In January 2016, UMNO Kedah leaders, led by Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah, declare the loss of confidence towards <mask> due to "his inability to maintain a united party leadership". The move is widely believed to be a reprisal orchestrated by the Prime Minister Najib Razak's camp in UMNO, which was increasingly infuriated by <mask>'s and <mask>'s criticisms against Najib.He resigned on 3 February 2016 after losing the majority of support among the assemblymen. Ahmad Bashah, who is also the Bakar Bata assemblyman, succeeded him as the 12th Chief Minister of Kedah. Daughter of Mukhriz, Meera Alyanna Mukhriz expressed her gratitude to the rakyat of Kedah for giving her father a chance to serve the state and its people. <mask> was expelled from UMNO together with Muhyiddin Yassin in June 2016. Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU) (2016-2020)
In August 2016, <mask> together with <mask> Mohamad, Muhyiddin Yassin, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Kamarulazman Habibur Rahman, Anina Saadudin and Akhramsyah Sanusi formed Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM or BERSATU). <mask> was the Deputy President of BERSATU and the Chairman of Pakatan Harapan in Kedah. Second term as Menteri Besar Kedah (2018-2020)
In the 2018 general election, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition led by new Prime Minister <mask> Mohamad, <mask>'s father, won 18 of the 36 state assembly seats.He took his oath of office before Kedah Sultan Tunku Sallehuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah in a ceremony held in Istana Anak Bukit. On 22 January 2020, <mask> said starting the new year bringing in investments from China is a good sign for the state. He shake hands with Jin Yeuhua at a signing ceremony at Wisma Darul Aman. On 17 May 2020, he resigned as Chief Minister of Kedah mentioning he couldn't hold on to majority amongst his state assemblymen and thus relinquished his position as Chief Minister of Kedah.

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title: Sydney Freeman Jr.

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<mask>. (born September 23, 1984) is an educational theorist, social scientist, and former educational administrator. <mask>'s early education was at Seventh-Day Adventist, historically black schools and institutions, and has written several articles about the history and state of the denomination. His areas of research includes higher education, the challenges in higher education administration programs, the university presidency, the faculty career cycle, and the leadership of historically black colleges and universities. He is a professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, the first African American male to be promoted to full professor in the university's history. Early life and education
<mask> grew up in Camden, New Jersey, the third generation in his family to reside there, to Christian singers and musicians <mask> and <mask>. His grandmother was Mary Lewis, a community service advocate in the Adventist church. He attended Seventh-day Adventist Church schools from preschool to college, including Pine Forge Academy in Pennsylvania, an Adventist high school that is one of four historically black boarding college-preparatory academies, where he was a leader in singing and drama ministries, and Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama.While at Oakwood, <mask> founded the Progressive Black Caucus. <mask>'s early influences were gospel singer Tye Tribbett and actress Tasha Smith; he said that they helped him "see excellence in other ways". After shadowing the president of Oakwood, Delbert Baker, <mask> decided to go into field of higher education, with the goal of becoming a university president. He earned a master's degree in 2008 and a PhD in higher education administration in 2011 from Auburn University. Career and research
<mask>'s areas of research include higher education, the challenges in higher education administration programs, the university presidency, the faculty career cycle, and the leadership of historically black colleges and universities. In 2014, <mask> served as director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Tuskegee University. In 2016, he was named a certified online instructor by the Learning Resource Network.As of 2019, <mask> was a professor and instructor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Also in 2019, he served on the University of Idaho's presidential selection committee. In April 2019, <mask> was named to a three-year term on Auburn University's College of Educational National Alumni Council. He was the youngest member of the council. As an African American instructor at the University of Idaho, where 13 percent of its faculty are people of color, <mask> recognized that he was "often the first black professor that many of his students have had". <mask> has published numerous journal articles and was the lead editor of Advancing Higher Education as a Field of Study: In Quest of Doctoral Degree Guidelines (2014), which received the Auburn University Graduate School "Book of the Year" award in 2015. He founded and served as editor-in-chief of The Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education.He served on several academic journal editorial and review boards. In 2021, at the age of 36, <mask> became the first African American male to be promoted to full professorship in the history of the University of Idaho. <mask> was named the director of the University of Idaho's Black History Research Lab, which was founded in the fall of 2021. In late 2021, he was the first Black person to earn the Barbara Townsend Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, for his work focusing on higher education leadership preparation; he also gave, as part of earning the award, a keynote lecture at the association's annual conference. In 2022, he was named a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. <mask>'s theology and Christian beliefs were influenced by Maury Jackson, an Adventist theologian at La Sierra University. He stated that although "the cross unites all Adventist and Christian theology...it begins and ends at the cross".He also stated that one's culture and experience informs theology and beliefs. He called for more African American theologians trained at the doctoral level, as well as the development of a black Adventist theology. In 2019, he was researching the life and works of Owen Troy, the first Adventist of color to earn a doctorate in theology. <mask> is married to Lynda <mask>, an assistant professor at the University of Idaho medical school program. In 2019, they were working together on a book chapter about their experiences retaining their cultural heritage as black professors in a majority white university and rural community. Awards
 American Association of University Administrators’ Robert MacVitte Emerging Leader of the Year (2015)
 Auburn University Graduate School 2015 Auburn Authors Award (2015)
 National Pine Forge Academy Alumni Association Meritorious Award (2018)
 Auburn University's College of Education Outstanding Young Alumni Award (2020)
Idaho Business Review's Accomplished Under 40 Honoree Award (2020)

Selected publications

Journal articles
 <mask>, Jr., S.; Kochan, F. (2012). "The Academic Pathways to University Leadership: Presidents Descriptions of their Doctoral Education".International Journal of Doctoral Studies. 7: 93—124. _ (2012). "The Future of Higher Education Preparation: Implications for Policy and Practice". Journal of Education Policy. 1: 1–8. (2012) "The Role of Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education Doctoral Programs: A Presidential Perspective.International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation", 1: 1—13. <mask>, Jr., S. (2012) "The Future of Higher Education Preparation: Implications for Policy and Practice". Journal of Education Policy. 1: 1–8. <mask>, Jr. S.; Kochan, F. (2013). "University Presidents’ Perspectives of the Knowledge and Competencies Needed in 21st Century Higher Education Leadership. Journal of Educational Leadership in Action".1: 1—20. Wolfe, B.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2013). "A Case Administrator of Color: Insights and Policy Implications for Higher Education’s Predominantly White Institutions". eJournal of Education Policy. 1: 1—11. <mask>, Jr., S. (2014). "Strategies for Doctoral Students Who Desire to Become Higher Education Faculty Members: Implications for Practice.International". Journal of Doctoral Studies 9: 271–291. <mask>, Jr., S.; Gasman, M. (2014). "The Characteristics of Historically Black College and University Presidents and Their Role in Grooming the Next Generation of Leaders". Teachers College Record. 116: 1—34. Barnett, N. C.; <mask>, Jr., S.; <mask>, M. L. (2016)."Higher Education Graduate Programs at Minority Serving Institutions". Western Journal of Black Studies. 40 (3): 3—19. Card, K., Chambers, C.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2016) "Is there a Core Curricula across Higher Education Doctoral Programs". International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 11: 127–146. Findlay, H. J.; <mask>, Jr., S.; Findlay, H. E. (2016) "Generational and Fatal Leadership in a Time of Unprecedented Challenges and Changes". Journal of Higher Education Management.31 (1): 28–43. _ (2016). "Introducing the Journal for the Study of Postsecondary Education". Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education. 1: 1–8. <mask>, Jr.. S.; Diramio, D. (2016) "Elitism or Pragmatism? Faculty Hiring at Top Ranked in Higher Education Administration".Journal of the Professoriate. 8 (2): 94—127. <mask>, Jr., S.; Gasman, M.; Commodore, F.; Carter, C. (2016). "Leaders Wanted! : The Skills Expected and Needed for a Successful 21st Historically Black College and University Presidency". Journal of Black Studies. 6: 1—16.Hilton, A. A.; <mask>, Jr., S.; Lee, Jr., J. M. (2016) "The Governing Structures of State Supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities". Journal of HBCU Research + Culture, 1: 1—13. McGaskey, F.; <mask>, Jr. S.; Guyton, C.; Richmond, D.; Guyton, C. W. (2016). "The social support networks of black males in higher education administration doctoral programs: An exploratory study". Western Journal of Black Studies. 40 (2): 141–158.Chambers, C.R. ; <mask>, S., Jr. (2017). "From Margin to Center: Rethinking the Canon in Higher Education Graduate Programs". Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education. 2: 115–119. Forthun, G.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2017). "Community College Leadership Preparation Programs: A Review of the Literature".Community College Enterprise. 1: 14–26.

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 <mask>, Jr., S.; Kitchell, A.; Carr-Chellman, A. (2017). "The Negentropic Professor and the Online Curriculum". ELearn Magazine. Tomlinson, G.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2017)."Who Really Selected You? Insights into Faculty Selection Processes at Top-Ranked Higher Education Graduate Programs". Journal of Farther and Higher Education, pp. 1–13. Forthun, G.; <mask>, S., Jr. (2017). "Executive higher education doctoral programs in the United States: A demographic market-based analysis". Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology Education, 14: 1—19.<mask>, Jr., S. (March 28, 2017) "Moving into the New Trump Era: A Black Scholar’s Response". Berkeley Review in Education. _ (May 18, 2017). "Homework for White Leaders." Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 34 (8): 25. Douglas, T. M. O.; Lane-Bonds, D.; <mask>, Jr., S. (Summer 2017)."Voices from the Field: There is No Manual for University Presidents: An Interview with Andrea Luxton, President of Andrews University, on her leadership in response to the #ItIsTimeAU uprising on her campus". The Journal of Negro Education. 86 (3): 368–380. <mask>, Jr., S. (2018). "The Manuscript Dissertation: A Means of Increasing Competitive Edge for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions". International Journal of Doctoral Studies. 13 (1): 273–292.<mask>, Jr., S.; Bird, S. (2018). "Teaching Qualitative Research Online". Informing Faculty, 3 (1): 1—47. <mask>, Jr. S.; Louis, D. (2018). "A Critical Examination of the Role of Mentoring in the Development of Black Male Higher Education and Student Affairs Scholars". Journal of African American Males in Education. 9 (1): 19–39.Wheeler, E. M.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2018). "'Scholaring While Black': Discourses on Race, Gender, and the Tenure Track. Journal of the Professoriate". 9 (2): 57–86. Carr-Chellman, A.A.; <mask>, Jr.; S.; Kitchel, A. (2019). "Leadership for Negentropic online enterprise".Nueva Revista: de Politica, Cultura Y Arte. (Spain) 77 (274): 437–454. <mask>, S., Jr.; Krier, K.; Al-Asfour, A.; Thacker, R. (2019). "An Examination of the Barriers to Leadership for Faculty of Color at U.S. Universities". Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology. 16: 361–376.Thacker, R.; <mask>, Jr., S.; Campbell, D. (2019). "Setting a New Global Agenda: Learning from International Approaches to Higher Education Leadership Development". Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education 4: 299–306. Douglas, T.; <mask>, Jr., S.; Denham, A. (February 26, 2019). "The Three Hebrew Boys Revisited: Exploring Border-Crossing Brotha-ship in the Journeys of Three Tenured Black Male Seventh-day Adventist Professors". Religions.10 (142): 1—18. <mask>, Jr., S.; Kochan, F. (4 March 2019). "Exploring Mentoring across Gender, Race, and Generation in Higher Education: An Ethnographic Study. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education". 8 (1): 2—18. <mask>, Jr. S.; Forthun, G. (Spring 2019). "The Paucity of Asian-American Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chairs: Toward a More Racially Integrated System of Advancement in the Professoriate".eJournal of Education Policy. 1: 1-12. Carr-Chellman, A.; Kitchell, A.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2019). "Negentropy: Energy Creating tools for Organizational Development". Tech Trends. Jensen, D.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2019). "Stepping to Center Stage: The Rise of Higher Education as a Field of Study.Journal of Educational Foundations". 32 (1,2,3, & 4): 1-24. Palmer, R.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2019). "Examining Unsuccessful Leadership Practices for Presidents at HBCUs". Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 1-10. <mask>, Jr., S.; Forthun, G. (2019). "The Paucity of Asian-American Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chairs: Toward a More Racially Integrated System of Advancement in the Professoriate".eJournal of Education Policy. 1: 1-12. <mask>, Jr.; Palmer, R. (2020). "Successful Leadership Practices for Presidents at HBCUs". Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress. 4 (2): 211-232. Thacker, R.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2020)."The Importance of Stress Management for University Presidents". The William & Mary Educational Review. 7 (1): 46-70. <mask>, Jr., S., Karkouti, I.; Ward, K. (2020). "Thriving as a Departmental Chair: What are the Keys?" Higher Education, 79 (4): 1-19. <mask>, Jr., S.; Karkouti, I.; Douglas, T. (2020)."Avoiding Fake Degrees and Diploma Mills". Journal Adventist Education. 82 (1): 4-11. Al-Asfour, A.; <mask>, Jr. S. (2020). "Effective Strategies and Characteristics That Lead Native American Students to Complete Graduate Education". Educational Research: Theory and Practice 32 (1): 1-16.Chambers, C.; <mask>, Jr., S.  (2020). "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: The Relationship between Age and Race in Earning Full Professorships". Review of Higher Education. 43 (3): 811–836. Al-Asfour, A., Keleher, J., & <mask>, Jr. S. (2021). "Preparation for the College and University Leadership before the Age of 40". The Journal of Research on the College President.5 (1): 19–35. McNaughton, J., Thacker, R., Eicke, D. & <mask>, Jr. S. (2021). "Committed to Their Craft: Understanding the Relationship between Job Crafting and Work Commitment among Faculty". Higher Education Quarterly, pp. 1–24. _ (2021). "Trust and Self-Determination: Understanding the Role of Faculty Empowerment and Job Satisfaction".Journal of Higher Education, pp. 1–24. Thacker, R. & <mask>, Jr. S. (2021). “'When I Show Up': Black Provosts at Predominantly White Institutions". Harvard Educational Review, 91 (2): 157–178. _ (2021). "Toward a Theory of the Study of Higher Education".Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education. 3 (1): pp. 67–89. McAvoy, J., <mask>, Jr., S., Kitchell, A., & Carr-Chellman, A. (2021). "Perceptions Versus Reality: First Year/Early Career Faculty Expectations and Experiences through the Lens of Negentropy". International Journal of Leadership Education.Edited books\periodicals
 <mask>, Jr., S.; Hagedorn, L.S. ; Goodchild, L., eds. (2014). Advancing Higher Education as a Field of Study: In Quest of Doctoral Degree Guidelines. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing. _ (2014). "Special Issue: Diverse Organizational Issues in Higher Education".Journal of Education Policy, Planning and Administration. _ (2014). "Special Issue: Emerging organizational Ussues in Higher Education". Journal of Higher Education Management. 29 (1). <mask>, Jr., S.; Chambers, C.; King, B. R. (2016). The Role of Institutional Research in Academic Program Development.Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Publishing. .
 Felder, P.; <mask>, Jr., S. (Summer 2017). Special Issue: Black Students in Doctoral Education". 40 (2). Western Journal of Black Studies. <mask>, Jr.. S. (November 19, 2017). "Special Issue: Shared Governance in Higher Education". Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor.DOI: https://doi.org/10.14288/workplace.v0i29. <mask>, Jr., S.; Lee, J. M. (2018). "Successful Financial Models at HBCUs". In Davis, S.: & W. Kimbrough, W. (Eds.). Models of success: How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Survive the Recession, pp. 59-76.Information Age Publishing. <mask>, Jr., S. (2018). "Forward". In Hartlep, N. D. (Ed.) Asian/American Scholars of Education: 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences, pp. xv-xxi.Peter Lang Publishing. <mask>, Jr., S.; Kochan, F. (2020). "Mentoring across Race, Gender, and Generation in Higher Education: A Cross Cultural Analysis". In Irby, B. J.; Boswell, J; Searby, L.; Kochan, F.; Garza, R. (Eds.) International Handbook of Mentoring: Paradigms, Practices, Programs, and Possibilities, pp. 471-186.Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. <mask>, Jr., S.; Shaw, M. (2020). "Preparing for the Storm in Times of Peace: Strategies for Preparing Higher Education Presidents for Campus Racial Crises". In Douglas, T.M.O. ; Shockley, K.; Toldson, T. (Eds.) Campus Uprisings: Perspectives for Parents, Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators on Race, Resistance, and Hope, pp.116-141. Teachers College Press. Felder, P. P.; Liggans, G.; Chirombo, F.; <mask>, Jr., S. (2020). "Programmatic Efforts and the Black Doctoral Experience: A Literature Review". In Felder, P.; Barker, M.; Gasman, M. (Eds.) SANKOFA: African American Perspectives on Race and Culture in the U.S. Doctoral Education, pp.41-60. SUNY Press. <mask>, Jr., S. (2020). "Prologue: A Tribute to Dr. Kochan, the Model Mentor". In Searby, L.; E. Reames, (Eds). The Art and Science of Mentoring: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Frances Kochan. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.References

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<mask> (October 2, 1912March 7, 1989) was an American professional wrestler and promoter, most famous for his work as an announcer and promoter for Houston Wrestling. He also spent several stints working with the Universal Wrestling Federation, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the World Wrestling Federation. <mask> was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, as a part of the Legacy wing. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 2, 1912. His family eventually moved from Brooklyn to nearby Long Beach, where <mask> graduated from Long Beach High School in 1929. A gifted athlete, he became a lifeguard at the Long Island beaches near his home, and he was skilled enough as a swimmer to place third in the North Atlantic Coast Lifeguard Competition in 1932. He was also credited with saving 130 or more lives from the water around New York.<mask> began wrestling professionally during the 1930s, his first notable match being a 90-minute bout against Pat Meehan in Calgary on November 25, 1938, which ended in a draw. Military service
With the outbreak of World War II, <mask> suspended his wrestling career to enlist in the United States Army. He graduated from officer candidate school in 1942 and earned a commission in the 121st Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division. <mask> deployed to Europe with his unit after the D-Day landings to take part in the offensive against Nazi Germany. As commanding officer of Company G, 1st Lt. <mask> led his rifle company in one of the bloodiest and most desperate battles of the war on the Western Front, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. His unit took heavy casualties during the fighting, and <mask> himself was seriously injured by a German artillery shell, and for his service, <mask> was awarded numerous decorations, including the Purple Heart, the Silver Star with oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star with oak leaf clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with star. He also earned the prized Combat Infantryman Badge and the Distinguished Unit Citation, awarded to the soldiers of the 121st Infantry for their meritorious efforts in the Hürtgen Forest.After the war, he was honored with a Distinguished Citizens Award from the 121st Infantry Association for his outstanding community service with charitable groups including the Boys Club of America. <mask> authored a well-regarded memoir of his experiences in World War II entitled, Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell. Houston Wrestling

After World War II, <mask> returned to wrestling, competing in matches across North America. In October 1947, <mask> suffered a broken leg in a car collision with a trailer truck en route from San Antonio, Texas to Corpus Christi, effectively forcing him to retire from in-ring competition. It was at this time that Houston Wrestling promoter Morris Sigel approached him to work for his growing Texas organization. <mask> became an advisor to Sigel as well as a radio announcer, and two years later became the promotion's first television commentator when the show debuted on local television. <mask>'s wrestling broadcasts remained a fixture on Houston television for over 30 years, airing on station KHTV channel 39 (now KIAH, a CW Network affiliate).After Sigel died in 1966 after a long illness, <mask> bought out Houston Wrestling from Sigel's widow. <mask> had essentially been training for this opportunity for 20 years, and he quickly brought the organization to new levels of success and visibility. Under <mask>'s leadership, Houston Wrestling quickly attained gained a reputation as one of the top regional wrestling promotions of its time. Promoters such as Gary Hart (World Class Championship Wrestling) and wrestlers such as Barry Darsow would repeatedly praise <mask>'s acumen and honesty as a promoter and businessman. <mask> is also credited with the invention of mud wrestling, a concept he devised for a major match between Gus Sonnenberg and Harnam Singh in Seattle, Washington. Together with his nephew Peter Birkholz, <mask> entered Houston Wrestling into affiliations with Mid South Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, Universal Wrestling Federation, and World Class Championship Wrestling to ensure that top talent from all over the country would appear on his weekly Friday Night shows; he would offer his fans dream matches and one card would see Jack Brisco capture the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Harley Race on July 20, 1973. As professional wrestling became a major entertainment business in the 1980s, most of Boesch's affiliates joined the National Wrestling Alliance.<mask> eventually shut down Houston Wrestling in favor of signing with Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation, an affiliation that lasted only four months. After 55 years of working in the industry as a wrestler, announcer, and promoter, <mask> retired on August 28, 1987 due to health concerns. The now-WWE hosted the <mask> Retirement Show in Houston in his honor, which drew a sell-out crowd of 12,000 to the Sam Houston Coliseum. During the show, personal friend and then-Vice President George Bush had a telegram delivered praising <mask> for his lifelong commitment to service. Approximately a year later, he made a brief return and helped Jim Crockett promoting in Houston, and served as a figurehead NWA Board member, soon retiring. <mask> died on March 7, 1989, after suffering a heart attack in Sugar Land, Texas. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1996.He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005 as a non-wrestler participant in the business. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021 as a part of the Legacy wing. Legacy
<mask>'s contribution to the wrestling industry has been praised by numerous observers as well as by former wrestlers themselves. WWE commentator Jim Ross has publicly stated that he believes Boesch is worthy of enshrinement in the WWE Hall of Fame. The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame states that "his influence in professional wrestling cannot be overestimated" due to his expansive promotion of the sport throughout Texas. Through his efforts, <mask> turned Houston into one of the top promotions on the regional wrestling circuit, and in addition to his professional accomplishments, <mask> was active in numerous philanthropic endeavors throughout his life. He was a highly visible fixture in the community during his many years in Houston, serving in charitable organizations like the Boys Club and promoting the benefits and necessity of physical fitness for America's youth.<mask>'s wife Valerie died on March 23, 2020. Bibliography
During his life, <mask> wrote four books:
 Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell (1962), his story as a soldier in World War II. Much of Me in Each of These (1966), a book of poetry composed by <mask> himself. The Career of <mask>-- One Man, One Sport, One Lifetime-- 50 years on the mat (1981), an autobiography. Hey Boy- Where'd You Get Them Ears? (2001), a secondary autobiography including his later memoirs; he wrote it in 1988 and was published by his widow <mask>. <mask> was equally responsible for Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?(1974), as the author Joe Jares quotes <mask> throughout and credits him for being open and accommodating during his research. Awards and accomplishments
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Editors' Award (1987)
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Class of 2005
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2021)

Military decorations

References

External links
<mask> at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Kayfabe Memories' review of <mask>'s book
<mask> at Wrestling-Titles.com

<mask> at Find a Grave

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1989 deaths
United States Army personnel of World War II
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People from Houston
Professional wrestling announcers
Professional wrestling promoters
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
20th-century American male actors
People from Long Beach, New York
Long Beach High School (New York) alumni
WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductees

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Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as <mask>, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including Grammy Awards in 1999 and 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked <mask> number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. <mask> began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album My Aim Is True was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band.His second album This Year's Model was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums from 1967 to 1987. His third album Armed Forces was released in 1979, and features his highest-charting single, "Oliver's Army" (number 2 in the UK). His first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. <mask> and the Attractions toured and recorded together for the better part of a decade, though differences between them caused a split by 1986. Much of <mask>'s work since has been as a solo artist, though reunions with members of the Attractions have been credited to the group over the years. <mask>'s lyrics employ a wide vocabulary and frequent wordplay. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".Since 2002, his touring band (featuring a rotating cast of musicians) has been known as The Imposters. <mask> has co-written several original songs for films, including "God Give Me Strength" from Grace of My Heart (1996, with Burt Bacharach) and "The Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain (2003, with T-Bone Burnett). For the latter, <mask> was nominated (along with Burnett) for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Early life
Declan Patrick MacManus was born on 25 August 1954 at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, and is of Irish descent on his father's side. He is the son of Lilian Alda (née Ablett; 1927–2021) and Ross MacManus (1927–2011), a jazz trumpeter who sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra and who later performed as a solo cabaret act. MacManus senior had a hit in Australia (as <mask>) with his cover version of The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" in 1970. MacManus lived in Twickenham, attending both St. Edmund's Catholic Primary School in nearby Whitton, and then Archbishop Myers Secondary Modern R.C.School – which is now St Mark's Catholic School – in neighbouring Hounslow. In 1971, the 16-year-old MacManus moved with his mother to Birkenhead – not far from her home city of Liverpool – where he formed his first band, a folk duo called "Rusty", with Allan Mayes. After completing his education at St. Francis Xavier's College in Liverpool, MacManus worked at a number of office jobs to support himself, most famously at Elizabeth Arden, where he was employed as a data entry clerk. This is immortalised in the lyrics of "I'm Not Angry" as the "vanity factory". He also worked for a short period as a computer operator at the Midland Bank computer centre in Bootle. He moved back to London in 1974, where he formed a pub rock band called Flip City, who were active from 1974 until early 1976. <mask>'s first broadcast recording was with his father in a television commercial for R. White's Lemonade ("I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker") which aired in 1974.His father sang the song, and <mask> sang backing vocals; the advertisement won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival. He continued to write songs and began looking for a solo recording contract. He was signed in 1976 to independent label Stiff Records on the basis of a demo tape. His manager at Stiff, Jake Riviera, suggested that the singer, then calling himself D.P<mask>, start using the first name <mask>. Career

1970s
<mask>'s first single for Stiff was "Less Than Zero", released on 25 March 1977. Four months later, his debut album, My Aim Is True (1977), was released to moderate commercial success (No.14 in the UK and, later, Top 40 in the US) with <mask> appearing on the cover in what became his trademark oversize glasses, bearing some resemblance to Buddy Holly. <mask> failed to chart with his early singles, which included  "Less Than Zero" and the ballad "Alison". Stiff's records were initially distributed only in the UK, which meant that <mask>'s first album and singles were available in the US as imports only. In an attempt to change this, <mask> was arrested for busking outside a London convention of CBS Records executives, protesting that no US record company had yet seen fit to release his records in the United States. <mask> signed to Columbia Records, CBS in the U.S., a few months later. The backing for <mask> Lewis and the News and the Doobie Brothers. <mask> released his first major hit single, "Watching the Detectives", which was recorded with Steve Nieve, Steve Goulding (drums) and Andrew Bodnar (bass)—the latter two being members of Graham Parker's backing band the Rumour.The song, added to the U.S. version of My Aim Is True, contains scathing verses about the vicarious enjoyment of TV violence over a reggae beat. Later in 1977, <mask> formed his own permanent backing band, the Attractions, consisting of Steve Nieve (piano), Bruce Thomas (bass guitar), and Pete Thomas (drums; no relation to Bruce Thomas). On 17 December 1977, <mask> and the Attractions, as a replacement act for the Sex Pistols, were scheduled to play "Less Than Zero" on Saturday Night Live; however, in imitation of a rebellious act by Jimi Hendrix on a BBC show, <mask> stopped the song mid-intro, yelling "Stop! Stop!" to his band, and played "Radio Radio" instead – a song that criticises the commercialisation of the airwaves, which NBC and Lorne Michaels had forbidden them to play. <mask> was subsequently banned from the show (the ban was lifted in 1989) and he received considerable attention as an angry young man. His insistence on performing "Radio Radio" on SNL proved a boon to his debut album, and its popularity exploded in the U.S. after the performance.Following a tour with other Stiff artists – captured on the Live Stiffs Live album, which includes <mask>'s version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" – the band recorded This Year's Model (1978). Some of the more popular tracks include the British hit "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Pump It Up". His U.S. record company saw <mask> as such a priority that his last name replaced the word Columbia on the label of the disc's original pressing. The Attractions' first tour of Australia in December 1978 was notable for a controversial performance at Sydney's Regent Theatre when, angered by the group's failure to perform an encore after their brief 35-minute set, audience members destroyed some of the seating. By the end of the 1970s <mask> was firmly established as both performer and songwriter, with Linda Ronstadt and Dave Edmunds having success with his compositions. A tour of the U.S. and Canada also saw the release of the much-bootlegged Canadian promo-only Live at the El Mocambo, recorded at a Toronto rock club, which finally saw an official release as part of the 2½ Years box set in 1993. In 1979, he released his third album Armed Forces (originally to have been titled Emotional Fascism, a phrase that appeared on the album's inner sleeve).American editions included a 45rpm EP recorded live at the Hollywood High School Gymnasium in Hollywood in 1978. Both the album and the single "Oliver's Army" went to No. 2 in the UK, and the opening track "Accidents Will Happen" gained wide television exposure thanks to its innovative animated music video, directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton. <mask> also found time in 1979 to produce the debut album of the 2 Tone ska revival band the Specials and worked as a backing vocalist on This Is Your Life, an album by new wave band Twist. <mask>'s standing in the U.S. was bruised for a time when in March 1979, during a drunken argument with Stephen Stills and Bonnie Bramlett at a Holiday Inn bar in Columbus, Ohio, the singer referred to James Brown as a "jive-ass nigger", then upped the ante by pronouncing Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant nigger". <mask> addressed the controversy at a New York City press conference a few days later, stating that he had been drunk and had been attempting to be obnoxious to bring the conversation to a swift conclusion, not anticipating that Bramlett would bring his comments to the press. According to <mask>, "it became necessary for me to outrage these people with about the most obnoxious and offensive remarks that I could muster."In his liner notes for the expanded version of Get Happy!! <mask> writes that some time after the incident he had declined an offer to meet Charles out of guilt and embarrassment, though Charles himself had forgiven <mask>, saying "Drunken talk isn't meant to be printed in the paper." <mask> worked extensively in Britain's Rock Against Racism campaign both before and after the incident. In an interview with Questlove (drummer for the Roots, whom <mask> collaborated with in 2013), he stated: "It's upsetting because I can't explain how I even got to think you could be funny about something like that", and further elaborating with, "I'm sorry. You know? It's about time I said it out loud." <mask> is also an avid country music fan and has cited George Jones as his favourite country singer.In 1977, he appeared on Jones' duet album My Very Special Guests, contributing "Stranger in the House", which they later performed together on an HBO special dedicated to Jones. 1980s
The soul-infused Get Happy!! was the first of <mask>'s many experiments with genres beyond those with which he is ordinarily associated. It also marked a distinct change in mood from the angry, frustrated tone of his first three albums to a more upbeat, happy manner. The single, "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" was an old Sam and Dave song (though <mask> increased the tempo considerably). Lyrically, the songs are full of <mask>'s signature word play, to the point that he later felt he had become something of a self-parody and toned it down on later releases; he has mockingly described himself in interviews as "rock and roll's Scrabble champion". His only 1980 appearance in North America was at the Heatwave festival in August near Toronto.In January 1981, <mask> released Trust amidst growing tensions within the Attractions, particularly between Bruce and Pete Thomas. In the U.S., the single "Watch Your Step" was released and played live on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show, and received airplay on FM rock radio. In the UK, the single "Clubland" scraped the lower reaches of the charts; follow-up single "From a Whisper to a Scream" (a duet with Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze) became the first <mask> single in over four years to completely miss the charts. <mask> also co-produced Squeeze's popular 1981 album East Side Story (with Roger Bechirian) and performed backing vocals on the group's hit "Tempted". October saw the release of Almost Blue, an album of country music cover songs written by the likes of Hank Williams ("Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do? )"), Merle Haggard ("Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down") and Gram Parsons ("How Much I Lied"). The album, which received mixed reviews, was a tribute to the country music that <mask> had grown up listening to, especially George Jones.The first pressings of the record in the UK bore a sticker with the message: "WARNING: This album contains country & western music and may cause a radical reaction in narrow minded listeners." Almost Blue did spawn a surprise UK hit single in a version of George Jones' "Good Year for the Roses" (written by Jerry Chesnut), which reached No. 6. Imperial Bedroom (1982) had a much darker sound, due in part to the lavish production of Geoff Emerick, famed for engineering several Beatles records. It remains one of his most critically acclaimed records, but again it failed to produce any hit singles—"You Little Fool" and the critically acclaimed "Man Out of Time" both failed to reach the Top 40 in the UK. <mask> has said he disliked the marketing pitch for the album. Imperial Bedroom also features <mask>'s song "Almost Blue", inspired by the music of jazz singer and trumpeter Chet Baker, who would later perform and record a version of the song (on Chet Baker in Tokyo).In 1983, he released Punch the Clock, featuring female backing vocal duo (Afrodiziak) and a four-piece horn section (the TKO Horns), alongside the Attractions. Clive Langer (who co-produced with Alan Winstanley), provided <mask> with a melody which eventually became "Shipbuilding", which featured a trumpet solo by Baker. Prior to the release of <mask>'s own version, a version of the song was a minor UK hit for former Soft Machine founder Robert Wyatt. Under the pseudonym The Imposter, <mask> released "Pills and Soap", an attack on the changes in British society brought on by Thatcherism, released to coincide with the run-up to the 1983 UK general election. Punch the Clock also generated an international hit in the single "Everyday I Write the Book", aided by a music video featuring lookalikes of the Prince Charles and Princess Diana undergoing domestic strife in a suburban home. The song became <mask>'s first Top 40 hit single in the U.S. Also in the same year, <mask> provided vocals on a version of the Madness song "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" released as a B-side. Tensions within the band – notably between <mask> and bassist Bruce Thomas – were beginning to tell, and <mask> announced his retirement and the break-up of the group shortly before they were to record Goodbye Cruel World (1984).<mask> would later say of this record that they had "got it as wrong as you can in terms of the execution". The record was poorly received upon its initial release; the liner notes to the 1995 Rykodisc re-release, penned by <mask>, begin with the words "Congratulations! You've just purchased our worst album". <mask>'s retirement, although short-lived, was accompanied by two compilations, <mask>: The Man in the UK, Europe and Australia, and The Best of <mask> & The Attractions in the U.S. In 1985, he appeared in the Live Aid benefit concert in England, singing the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" as a solo artist. (The event was overrunning and <mask> was asked to "ditch the band".) <mask> introduced the song as an "old northern English folk song", and the audience was invited to sing the chorus.In the same year <mask> teamed up with friend T-Bone Burnett for the single "The People's Limousine" under the moniker of The Coward Brothers. That year, <mask> also produced Rum Sodomy & the Lash for the Irish punk/folk band the Pogues. 1985 also saw <mask> appear in the Alan Bleasdale film No Surrender, playing a small role as a very bad stage magician hired to perform at a seedy Liverpool night club on a bleak New Year's Eve. Growing antipathy between <mask> and Bruce Thomas contributed to the Attractions' first split in 1986 when <mask> was preparing to make a comeback. Working in the U.S. with Burnett, a band containing a number of <mask>'s sidemen (including James Burton and Jerry Scheff), and minor input from the Attractions, he produced King of America, an acoustic guitar-driven album with a country sound. It was billed as performed by "The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates" in the UK and Europe and "The Costello Show featuring <mask>" in North America. Around this time he legally changed his name back to Declan MacManus, adding Aloysius as an extra middle name.<mask> retooled his upcoming tour to allow for multiple nights in each city, playing one night with the Confederates, one night with the Attractions, and one night solo acoustic. 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 five albums. While Blood and Chocolate failed to chart a hit single of any significance, it did produce what has since become one of <mask>'s signature concert songs, "I Want You". On this album, <mask> adopted the alias Napoleon Dynamite, the name he later attributed to the character of the emcee that he played during the vaudeville-style tour to support Blood and Chocolate. (The pseudonym had previously been used in 1982, when the B-side single "Imperial Bedroom" was credited to Napoleon Dynamite & the Royal Guard; whether the title of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite was inspired by <mask> is disputed).After the tour for Blood & Chocolate, <mask> split from the Attractions, due mostly to tensions between <mask> and Bruce Thomas. <mask> would continue to work with Attraction Pete Thomas as a session musician for future releases. <mask>'s recording contract with Columbia Records ended after Blood & Chocolate. In 1987 he released compilation album, Out of Our Idiot on his UK label, Demon Records consisting of B-sides, side projects, and unreleased songs from recording sessions from 1980 to 1987. He signed a new contract with Warner Bros. and in early 1989 released Spike, which spawned his biggest single in the U.S., the Top 20 hit "Veronica", one of several songs <mask> co-wrote with Paul McCartney. At the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September in Los Angeles, "Veronica" won the MTV Award for Best Male Video. 1990s
In 1991, <mask> released Mighty Like a Rose, which featured the single "The Other Side of Summer".He also co-composed and co-produced, with Richard Harvey, the title and incidental music for the mini-series G.B.H. by Alan Bleasdale. This entirely instrumental, and largely orchestral, soundtrack garnered a BAFTA, for Best Music for a TV Series for the pair. In 1993, <mask> experimented with classical music with a critically acclaimed collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet on The Juliet Letters. During this period, he wrote a full album's worth of material for Wendy James, and these songs became the tracks on her 1993 solo album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears. <mask> returned to rock and roll the following year with a project that reunited him with the Attractions, Brutal Youth. In 1995, he released Kojak Variety, an album of cover songs recorded five years earlier, and followed in 1996 with an album of songs originally written for other artists, All This Useless Beauty.This was the final album of original material that he issued under his Warner Bros. contract, and also his final album with the Attractions. In the spring of 1996, <mask> played a series of intimate club dates, backed only by Steve Nieve on the piano, in support of All This Useless Beauty. An ensuing summer and fall tour with the Attractions proved to be the death knell for the band. With relations between <mask> and bassist Bruce Thomas at a breaking point, <mask> announced that the current tour would be the Attractions' last. The quartet performed their final U.S. show in Seattle, Washington on 1 September 1996, before wrapping up their tour in Japan. <mask> would still continue to work frequently with Attractions Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas; eventually, both would be members of <mask>'s new back-up band, The Imposters. To fulfill his contractual obligations to Warner Bros., <mask> released a greatest hits album titled Extreme Honey (1997).It contained an original track titled "The Bridge I Burned", featuring <mask>'s son, Matt, on bass. In the intervening period, <mask> had served as artistic chair for the 1995 Meltdown Festival, which gave him the opportunity to explore his increasingly eclectic musical interests. His involvement in the festival yielded a one-off live EP with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, which featured both cover material and a few of his own songs. In 1998, <mask> signed a multi-label contract with Polygram Records, sold by its parent company the same year to become part of the Universal Music Group. <mask> released his new work on what he deemed the suitable imprimatur within the family of labels. His first new release as part of this contract involved a collaboration with Burt Bacharach. Their work had commenced earlier, in 1996, on a song called "God Give Me Strength" for the movie Grace of My Heart.This led the pair to write and record the critically acclaimed album Painted From Memory, released under his new contract in 1998, on the Mercury Records label, featuring songs that were largely inspired by the dissolution of his marriage to Cait O'Riordan. <mask> and Bacharach performed several concerts with full orchestral backing, and also recorded an updated version of Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" for the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, with both appearing in the film to perform the song. He also wrote "I Throw My Toys Around" for The Rugrats Movie and performed it with No Doubt. The same year, he collaborated with Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains on "The Long Journey Home" on the soundtrack of the PBS/Disney The Irish in America: Long Journey Home miniseries. The soundtrack won a Grammy in 1999. In 1999, <mask> contributed a version of "She", released in 1974 by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer, for the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill, with Trevor Jones producing. For the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, <mask> was invited to the programme, where he re-enacted his abrupt song-switch: This time, however, he interrupted the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage", and they acted as his backing group for "Radio Radio".2000s

From 2001 to 2005, <mask> re-issued his back catalogue in the U.S., from My Aim Is True (1977) to All This Useless Beauty (1996), on double-disc collections on the Rhino Records label. These releases, which each contained second discs of bonus material, ultimately fell out of print by 2007 after Universal Music acquired the rights to <mask>'s catalogue. Universal subsequently released new deluxe editions of My Aim Is True and This Year's Model with new bonus material of full-length concerts from the time of each album's release. These deluxe editions also fell out of print and Universal has reverted to re-releasing <mask>'s pre-1987 albums in their original context without bonus material. In 2000, <mask> appeared at the Town Hall, New York, in Steve Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice, alongside Ron Sexsmith and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. In 2001, <mask> was artist-in-residence at UCLA and wrote the music for a new ballet. He produced and appeared on an album of pop songs for the classical singer Anne Sofie von Otter.He released the album When I Was Cruel in 2002 on Island Records, and toured with a new band, the Imposters (essentially the Attractions but with a different bass player, Davey Faragher, formerly of Cracker). He appeared as himself in the "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" episode of The Simpsons. On 23 February 2003, <mask>, along with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, and Dave Grohl, performed a version of the Clash's "London Calling" at the 45th Grammy Awards ceremony, in honour of Clash frontman Joe Strummer, who had died the previous December. In March, <mask> & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He announced his engagement in May to Canadian jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall, whom he had seen in concert and then met backstage at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. That September, he released North, an album of piano-based ballads concerning the breakdown of his former marriage, and his falling in love with Krall. Also that year, <mask> made an appearance in the television series Frasier as a folk singer in the Cafe Nervosa, sending Frasier and Niles on a search for a new coffee bar.On 12 March 2003, <mask> filled in for David Letterman on the Late Show with David Letterman for the evening while Letterman was recovering from an eye infection. The song "Scarlet Tide" (co-written by <mask> and T-Bone Burnett and used in the film Cold Mountain) was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award; he performed it at the awards ceremony with Alison Krauss, who sang the song on the official soundtrack. <mask> co-wrote many songs on Krall's 2004 CD, The Girl in the Other Room, the first of hers to feature several original compositions. In July 2004, <mask>'s first full-scale orchestral work, Il Sogno, was performed in New York. The work, a ballet after Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, was commissioned by Italian dance troupe Aterballeto, and received critical acclaim from the classical music critics. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, the recording was released on CD in September by Deutsche Grammophon. In September 2004, <mask> released the album The Delivery Man, recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, on Lost Highway Records, and it was hailed as one of his best.A CD recording of a collaboration with Marian McPartland on her show Piano Jazz was released in 2005. It featured <mask> singing six jazz standards and two of his own songs, accompanied by McPartland on piano. In November, <mask> started recording a new album with Allen Toussaint and producer Joe Henry. The River in Reverse was released in the UK on the Verve label the following year in May. A 2005 tour included a gig at Glastonbury that <mask> considered so dreadful that he said "I don't care if I ever play England again. That gig made up my mind I wouldn't come back. I don't get along with it.We lost touch. It's 25 years since I lived there. I don't dig it, they don't dig me....British music fans don't have the same attitude to age as they do in America, where young people come to check out, say Willie Nelson. They feel some connection with him and find a role for that music in their lives." After Hurricane Katrina, <mask> and Allen Toussaint performed in New York at a series of Hurricane Relief benefit concerts in September 2006. By week's end, <mask> had written "The River in Reverse", performed it with Toussaint and discussed plans for an album with Verve Records executives. The result was <mask>'s The River in Reverse which is a collaboration with New Orleanian, Allen Toussaint and recorded with The Crescent City Horns.<mask> turned to older songs to reflect the national malaise at the time. In a studio recording of Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice (2006, Deutsche Grammophon), <mask> interpreted the character of Chief of Police, with Barbara Bonney, Robert Wyatt, Sting and Amanda Roocroft, and the album reached No. 2 in the Billboard classical charts. <mask> later reprised the piece on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2008, with Sting, Joe Sumner (Sting's son) and Sylvia Schwartz. Also released in 2006 was a live recording of a concert with the Metropole Orkest at the North Sea Jazz Festival, entitled My Flame Burns Blue. The soundtrack for House, M.D. featured <mask>'s interpretation of "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera, with the song appearing in the second episode of Season 2.<mask> was commissioned to write a chamber opera by the Danish Royal Opera, Copenhagen, on the subject of Hans Christian Andersen's infatuation with Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Called The Secret Songs, it remained unfinished. In a performance in 2007 directed by Kasper Bech Holten at the Opera's studio theatre (Takelloftet), finished songs were interspersed with pieces from <mask>'s 1993 collaborative classical album The Juliet Letters, featuring Danish soprano Sine Bundgaard as Lind. The 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane includes material from Secret Songs. On 22 April 2008, Momofuku was released on Lost Highway Records, the same imprint that released The Delivery Man, his previous studio album. The album was, at least initially, released exclusively on vinyl (with a code to download a digital copy). That summer, in support of the album, <mask> toured with the Police on the final leg of their 2007/2008 Reunion Tour.<mask> played a homecoming gig at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 25 June 2006. and, that month, gave his first performance in Poland, appearing with The Imposters for the closing gig of the Malta theatre festival in Poznań. In July 2008, <mask> (as Declan McManus) appeared in his home city Liverpool where he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Liverpool. Between 2008 and 2010, <mask> hosted Channel 4/CTV's series Spectacle in which <mask> talked and performed with stars in various fields, styled similarly to Inside the Actors Studio. Between its two seasons, the show compiled 20 episodes, including one where <mask> was interviewed by actress Mary-Louise Parker. <mask> was featured on Fall Out Boy's 2008 album Folie à Deux, providing vocals on the track "What a Catch, Donnie", along with other artists who are friends with the band. <mask> appeared in Stephen Colbert's television special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. In the program, he was eaten by a bear, but later saved by Santa Claus; he also sang a duet with Colbert.The special was first aired on 23 November 2008. <mask> released Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, a collaboration with T-Bone Burnett, on 9 June 2009. It was his first on the Starbucks Hear Music label and a return to country music in the manner of Good Year for the Roses. <mask> appeared as himself in the finale of the third season of 30 Rock and sang in the episode's celebrity telethon, Kidney Now!. The episode references <mask>'s given name when Jack Donaghy accuses him of concealing his true identity: "Declan McManus, international art thief." In May 2009, <mask> made a surprise cameo appearance on-stage at the Beacon Theater in New York as part of Spinal Tap's Unwigged and Unplugged show, singing their fictional 1965 hit "Gimme Some Money" with the band backing him up. 2010s
On 15 May 2010, <mask> announced he would withdraw from a concert performed in Israel in opposition to Israel's treatment of Palestinians.In a statement on his website, <mask> wrote, "It has been necessary to dial out the falsehoods of propaganda, the double game and hysterical language of politics, the vanity and self-righteousness of public communiqués from cranks in order to eventually sift through my own conflicted thoughts." Also in 2010, <mask> appeared as himself in David Simon's television series, Treme. <mask> released the album National Ransom in autumn of 2010. In 2011, <mask> appeared as himself on Sesame Street to perform a song with Elmo and Cookie Monster, titled "Monster Went and Ate My Red 2", a play on "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes". On 26 February 2012, <mask> paid tribute to music legends Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen, who were the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence, at the JFK Presidential Library, in Boston, Massachusetts, on 26 February 2012. In September 2013 <mask> released Wise Up Ghost, a collaboration with the Roots. On 25 October 2013, <mask> was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the New England Conservatory.His memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink was released in October 2015. On 12 October 2018, <mask> released his first studio album in five years, Look Now, recorded with The Imposters. The album features three songs co-written with Burt Bacharach, and one song co-written with Carole King. <mask> wrote and produced a large majority of the album himself, with help from producer Sebastian Krys. On 26 January 2020, Look Now won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music. 2020s
In 2021, <mask> released Spanish Model, a remix of 1978's This Year's Model with Spanish lyrics.Singers from Spanish-speaking parts of the world, with help from Spanish-speaking songwriters, translated all 16 songs of the album into Spanish, with the new vocals set to the original recording and instrumentation by the Attractions. The singers included Juanes, Jorge Drexler, Luis Fonsi, Francisca Valenzuela, Fuego, Draco Rosa, and Fito Páez. In 2021 <mask> appeared at the Royal Variety Performance playing two songs with the Imposters. He was introduced by the MC Alan Carr as a man who has achieved everything except appearing at the Royal Variety Performance. Between songs <mask> informed the audience that he was the second McManus to appear. His father Ross appeared in the 1960's with "If I Had a Hammer". In January 2022 he performed on The Graham Norton Show.Personal life

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 1974 to Mary Burgoyne, with whom he had a son, Matthew. Toward the end of his first marriage, <mask> became embroiled in an on-again/off-again romance with Bebe Buell, then-girlfriend of Todd Rundgren. Buell has said she was the inspiration behind some of <mask>'s most bitter love songs from the Armed Forces era, though <mask> countered by claiming most of those songs had been written before he met Buell. In 1985, <mask> became involved with Cait O'Riordan, then the bassist of London Irish group the Pogues, while he was producing the Pogues' album Rum Sodomy and the Lash. They married in 1986 and split up by the end of 2002. <mask> became engaged to pianist-vocalist Diana Krall in May 2003, and married her at the home of Elton John on 6 December that year. Krall gave birth to twin sons on 6 December 2006 in New York City.Vegetarianism
A pescatarian since the early 1980s, <mask> says he was moved to reject meat after seeing the documentary The Animals Film (1982), which also helped inspire his song "Pills and Soap" from 1983's Punch the Clock. In January 2013, <mask> teamed up with Paul McCartney to create an ad campaign backing vegetarian foods produced by the Linda McCartney Foods brand. <mask> is a keen football fan, supporting Premier League football club Liverpool F.C. since childhood, and appeared on Channel 4's Football Italia as a pundit. On 25 May 2005, <mask> was due to take the stage with his band at a gig in Norwich, which clashed with Liverpool appearing in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final against AC Milan. With Liverpool losing 3–0 at half time, <mask> was due on stage and began warming up his voice in preparation for the gig, before deciding: "I might as well see the first few minutes of the second half." With Liverpool staging a remarkable comeback (since dubbed the Miracle of Istanbul) by scoring three goals in six minutes and making it 3–3, <mask> delayed his appearance on stage for over an hour.With the game going to penalties, after much delay he had no choice but to take the stage, with <mask> recalling: "I tried my best to keep my eyes from the TV screen over the bar at the back of the room but the words 'Oh shit, he's missed' might have accidentally crept into the lyrics of 'Good Year for the Roses'". With Liverpool prevailing while he was on stage, an ecstatic <mask> broke out into a performance of the club's anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone". Health
In July 2018, <mask> cancelled the remaining six dates of his European tour on doctor's orders, while recovering from surgery to treat cancer. <mask> apologised to his fans and said he initially thought he had recovered enough from the surgery to complete the tour. Humanitarian causes
<mask> sits on the Advisory Board of the board of directors of the Jazz Foundation of America. <mask> began working with the Jazz Foundation in 2001, and has been a featured performer in their annual benefit A Great Night in Harlem since 2006. <mask> has donated his time working with the Jazz Foundation of America to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, including musicians who survived Hurricane Katrina.He has also performed at a benefit concert for the Seva Foundation. Collaborations
In addition to his major recorded collaborations with Burt Bacharach, the Brodsky Quartet, and Anne Sofie von Otter, <mask> has frequently been involved in other collaborations. In 1981, Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze and Martin Belmont from the Rumour guested on the song "From a Whisper to a Scream" from the album Trust. Around this time he also collaborated with Chris Difford, also of Squeeze, to write additional lyrics for the song "Boy With A Problem", which appeared on <mask>'s 1982 album Imperial Bedroom. In 1984, Daryl Hall provided backing vocals on the song "The Only Flame In Town" from the album Goodbye Cruel World. The following year he sang with Annie Lennox on the song "Adrian" from the Eurythmics record Be Yourself Tonight. In 1987, <mask> began a songwriting collaboration with Paul McCartney.They wrote a number of songs together in a short period of time, that were released over a period of years. These songs included:
 "Back On My Feet", the B-side of McCartney's 1987 single "Once Upon a Long Ago", later added as a bonus track on the 1993 re-issue of McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt
 Costello's "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws and Claws" from his album Spike (1989)
 McCartney's "My Brave Face", "Don't Be Careless Love", "That Day Is Done" and the <mask> duet "You Want Her Too", all from McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
 "So Like Candy" and "Playboy to a Man" from <mask>'s Mighty Like a Rose (1991)
 "The Lovers That Never Were" and "Mistress and Maid" from McCartney's Off the Ground (1993). "Shallow Grave" from <mask>'s All This Useless Beauty (1996). <mask> has also issued solo demo recordings of "Veronica", "Pads, Paws and Claws" and "Mistress and Maid" (a song he did not otherwise record). Two other officially unissued <mask> compositions also exist as demos ("Tommy's Coming Home" and "Twenty Fine FIngers"). These two tracks, along with other <mask> demos of tunes they did release, have been widely bootlegged and have been released on the Paul McCartney Archive edition of Flowers in the Dirt. In 1987, he appeared on the HBO special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, which featured his long-time idol Roy Orbison.In 1988, <mask> co-wrote "The Other End (Of the Telescope)" with Aimee Mann; this song appears on the Til Tuesday album Everything's Different Now. In 1994, he sang "They Can't Take That Away from Me" with Tony Bennett for MTV Unplugged, appearing on the album released from the broadcast. In 2000, <mask> wrote lyrics to "Green Song", a solo cello piece by Svante Henryson; this song appears on the Anne Sofie von Otter album For the Stars. In 2005, <mask> performed with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. They played both <mask> and Green Day songs together, including "Alison", "No Action", "Basket Case" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)". In late 2005 <mask> performed with Allen Toussaint in New York City at some Hurricane Katrina Relief Concerts and produced the studio album The River in Reverse. Also, <mask> had a collaborative history with Toussaint, beginning with a couple of scattered album tracks in the 1980s, and skipping ahead to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with the production of The River in Reverse.In 2006, <mask> performed with Fiona Apple in the Decades Rock TV special. Apple performed two <mask> songs and <mask> performed two Apple songs. In 2007, <mask> collaborated with the Argentinean/Uruguayan electro-tango band Bajofondo on the song "Fairly Right" from the album Mar Dulce. In 2008, <mask> collaborated with Fall Out Boy on the track "What a Catch, Donnie" from their album Folie a Deux. In Jenny Lewis' 2008 release, Acid Tongue, <mask> provided vocals for the song "Carpetbaggers". In November 2009, <mask> appeared live with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Madison Square Garden and performed the Jackie Wilson song "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher". In December 2009, <mask> portrayed The Shape on the album Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between rock singer John Mellencamp and novelist Stephen King.In February 2010, <mask> appeared in the live cinecast of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, singing some of his own songs, and participating in many of the show's other musical and acting performances. On 30 April 2011, he played the song "Pump it Up" with the Odds before the start of a Vancouver Canucks playoff game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2012, he played ukulele, mandolin, guitar and added backing vocals on Diana Krall's 11th studio album, Glad Rag Doll (as "Howard Coward"). On 10 September 2013, he played during the Apple September 2013 Event after the introduction of iTunes Radio, iPhone 5C and 5S at Town Hall, at the Apple campus. On Gov't Mule's album Shout!, released in September 2013, he sang on the track "Funny Little Tragedy". In March 2014, <mask> recorded Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes with Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford. During the 2016 Detour, he performs with Larkin Poe.Legacy
<mask> has worked with Paul McCartney, Madness, Tony Bennett, Burt Bacharach, Allen Toussaint, T Bone Burnett, Lucinda Williams, Johnny Cash, Kid Rock, Lee Konitz, Brian Eno, and Rubén Blades. <mask>, in print, often champions the works of others. He has written several pieces for the magazine Vanity Fair, including a summary of what a perfect weekend of music would be. He has contributed to two Grateful Dead tribute albums and covered Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter tunes "Ship of Fools", "Friend of the Devil", "It Must Have Been the Roses", "Ripple" and "Tennessee Jed" in concert. His collaboration with Bacharach honoured Bacharach's place in pop music history. <mask> appeared in documentaries about singers Dusty Springfield, Brian Wilson, Wanda Jackson, Ron Sexsmith and Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records. He has interviewed one of his own influences, Joni Mitchell, and appeared on the release A Tribute to Joni Mitchell performing "Edith and the Kingpin".He performed the title track of the Charles Mingus tribute collection, Weird Nightmare. He appeared on the Nick Lowe tribute album Labour of Love, performing the Lowe song "Egypt" and the Gram Parsons tribute album The Return of the Grievous Angel, performing the Parsons song "Sleepless Nights". He was instrumental in bringing Sexsmith to a wider audience in 1995 by championing his debut album in Mojo magazine, even appearing on the cover with Sexsmith's debut album. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In 2012, <mask> was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires, to mark his 80th birthday.On being chosen, <mask> remarked, "I always dreamed that I might one day stand in the boots of Albert Stubbins [the Liverpool footballer who appeared in the original artwork]." Tribute albums

 1998: Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous – (various artists)
 2002: Almost You: The Songs of <mask> Costello – (various artists)
 2003: The <mask> Costello Songbook – Bonnie Brett
 2004: A Tribute to <mask> – Patrik Tanner
 2004: Davis Does Elvis – Stuart Davis
 2008: Every Elvis Has His Impersonators: 7 Homemade Remade Elvis Costello Songs – Elastic No–No Band

Discography

Studio albums
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My Aim Is True (1977)
This Year's Model (1978)
Armed Forces (1979)
Get Happy!! (1980)
Trust (1981)
Almost Blue (1981)
Imperial Bedroom (1982)
Punch the Clock (1983)
Goodbye Cruel World (1984)
King of America (1986)
Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Spike (1989)
Mighty Like a Rose (1991)
Brutal Youth (1994)
Kojak Variety (1995)
All This Useless Beauty (1996)
When I Was Cruel (2002)
North (2003)
Il Sogno (2004)
The Delivery Man (2004)
Momofuku (2008)
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (2009)
National Ransom (2010)
Look Now (2018)
Hey Clockface (2020)
The Boy Named If (2022)

Collaborative albums
 The Courier (1988, soundtrack for the film, orchestral music by Declan MacManus, 8 songs by other artists including U2 and Hothouse Flowers)
G.B.H. (1991, with Richard Harvey)
The Juliet Letters (1993, with the Brodsky Quartet)
Jake's Progress (1995, with Richard Harvey)
Deep Dead Blue (1995, with Bill Frisell)
Painted from Memory (1998, with Burt Bacharach)
For the Stars (2001, with Anne Sofie von Otter)
Piano Jazz (2005, with Marian McPartland)
My Flame Burns Blue (2006, with Metropol Orkest)
The River in Reverse (2006, with Allen Toussaint)
Wise Up Ghost (2013, with the Roots)
Lost on the River (2014, as a member of The New Basement Tapes)

Filmography

As actor
 1979 film debut as "The Earl of Manchester" in Americathon. Costello and the Attractions mime the song "Crawling to the U.S.A." in the film, which also appears on its soundtrack album. 1984 as "Henry Scully" in the UK TV series, Scully
 1984 as "Stone Deaf A&R Man" in The Bullshitters, a movie made by members of the comedy troupe The Comic Strip, first aired on Channel 4
 1985 as inept magician "Rosco de Ville" in the Alan Bleasdale film, No Surrender
 1987 as "Hives the Butler" in the Alex Cox film, Straight to Hell, starring Joe Strummer and Courtney Love. Costello's "Big Nothing" (AKA "Town Called Big Nothing") appears in the film and on its soundtrack album.1994 as himself on The Larry Sanders Show in the episode "People's Choice"
 1996 as himself on The Larry Sanders Show in the episode "Everybody Loves Larry"
 1997 as a barman in Spice World
 1999 as himself in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, performing Burt Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (with Bacharach), which also appears on its soundtrack album. 1999 as a younger version of himself in 200 Cigarettes
 2001 as himself performing "Fly Me to the Moon" on the series finale of 3rd Rock from the Sun
 2002 as himself on the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" of The Simpsons
 2003 as Ben on Frasier, in the season 10 episode "Farewell Nervosa"
 2003 as himself in I Love Your Work
 2004 as himself in the UK TV Dead Ringers New Year Special, apparently and reportedly having serendipitously entered a filming venue. 2004 as himself in Two and a Half Men – Season 2, Episode 1
 2004 as himself in De-Lovely
 2006 as himself in Delirious
 2006 as himself in Before the Music Dies
 2006 as himself in Putting the River in Reverse
 2006 as himself in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
 2008 as himself in A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! 2009 as himself on the 30 Rock episode "Kidney Now!" 2010 as himself on Treme
 2017 as himself in Ex Libris – The New York Public Library
 2017–2019 as Pete's Dad (voice) in Pete the Cat (Season 1)

As part of soundtracks
 1983, "Party Party" appears in the film of the same name and on its soundtrack album. 1991, "Days" (a cover of the Kinks song) appears in the film Until the end of the World and on its soundtrack album. 1995, "My Dark Life," a collaboration with Brian Eno, appears on the album Songs in the Key of X.1996, "God Give Me Strength," a collaboration with Burt Bacharach, appears in the film Grace of My Heart and on its soundtrack album. Nominated for Satellite Award for Best Original Song. 1998, "My Mood Swings" appears in the film The Big Lebowski and on its soundtrack album. 1998, "I Throw My Toys Around," a collaboration with No Doubt, appears in the film The Rugrats Movie and on its soundtrack album. 1999, "She" (a cover of the Charles Aznavour song) appears in the film Notting Hill and on its soundtrack album. The song peaked at No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart.2003, "The Scarlet Tide," written by <mask> and T-Bone Burnett and performed by Alison Krauss, appears in the film Cold Mountain and on its soundtrack album. Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. 2019, "I Want You" appears twice in the critically acclaimed British film Only You. Bibliography
1980: A Singing Dictionary  sheet music
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References

Further reading
 Paumgarten, Nick. "Profiles: Brilliant Mistakes," The New Yorker, vol. 86, no. 35 (8 November 2010), pp.48–59. Perone, James E. <mask>: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. External links

 Official <mask> Lost Highway Records Artist Page

 The Elvis Costello Wiki (moved 2007 from original The Elvis Costello Home Page)

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<mask> (June 24, 1907 – July 31, 1972) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 19 seasons from  to . Born in Syracuse, Ohio, he was nicknamed "Rollicking Rollie". Hemsley batted and threw right-handed. Major league career
He began his career in 1928 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing 50 games. After spending his first two seasons backing up Charlie Hargreaves, he became the starting catcher for the Pirates for the 1930 season. The following season, <mask> played 10 games before he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace.He spent his time as a Cub backing up Hall of Famer Gabby Hartnett, though was able to bat .309 during his tenure on the Cubs for the 1931 season. He played with the Cubs during their run to the 1932 World Series, though <mask> ended up without a hit in three pinch hit appearances. At the end of the 1932 season, <mask> was traded to the Cincinnati Reds along with Johnny Moore, Lance Richbourg, and Bob Smith for Babe Herman. He struggled in Cincinnati, hitting under .200 while playing under another Hall of Famer, Ernie Lombardi. On August 12, 1933, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Crouch. <mask> became the starting catcher for the Browns in the 1934 season, and his best years were with the St. Louis Browns in 1934 and 1935, when he hit .309 and .290 respectively. He also hit 7 triples both years, a career high.His effort in 1935 also earned him his first spot on the All-Star team, as well as 9th place in MVP voting. He played well for two more seasons for the Browns, but a batting average of .222 in 1937, as well as a suspension for violation of team rules on July 2, 1937, led to a trade on February 10, 1938. <mask> was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Cole, Roy Hughes, and Billy Sullivan, Jr. on the recommendation of Bob Feller, who had been impressed with <mask>'s catching skills. He spent the 1938 season backing up Frankie Pytlak but, became known as Feller's personal catcher. <mask> became the starter in 1939 after Pytlak went down with an injury, and played well enough to earn his third All-Star bid. On opening day of the 1940 season, <mask> caught Feller's no-hitter, becoming the only catcher to catch an opening day no-hit game. He also drove in the only run of the game with a triple.His consistency in the 1940 season saw him lead the American League catchers with a .994 fielding percentage, and led to a couple MVP votes as well as his fourth All-Star appearance. After playing another season in Cleveland, <mask> was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds for a second stint on December 4, 1941. He was a disappointing stint with the Reds, playing 36 games and ending with a batting average of only .113, and was released by the Reds on July 17 as a result. However, two days later he was signed to a contract by the New York Yankees. His signing by the Yankees came when starter Bill Dickey went down with a shoulder injury. When Dickey's backup, Buddy Rosar, left the team without permission to take examinations to join the Buffalo police force and, to be with his wife who was about to have a baby, Yankees manager Joe McCarthy signed <mask> to be the second string catcher, relegating Rosar to the third string position. <mask> hit safely in his first six games as a Yankee, and raised his average back to nearly .200 by season's end.He served the 1943 season as a backup to Dickey as the Yankees won the 1943 World Series. <mask> played well in 1944 for the Yankees. Despite only playing in 81 games that season, he received a few MVP votes and made it to his 5th All-Star game. He left the team mid-season to join the U.S. Navy. He did not play during the 1945 season but he was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies on March 25, 1946. After backing up Andy Seminick for a season, he was released, only to be re-signed again by the Phillies. He only played in two games during the 1947 season before being released and retired at the age of 40.Career statistics
In a nineteen-year major league career, <mask> played in 1,593 games accumulating 1,321 hits in 5,047 at bats for a .262 career batting average along with 31 home runs, 555 runs batted in, a .311 on-base percentage and a .360 slugging percentage. He had a .978 career fielding percentage. <mask> led American League catchers twice in assists, once in fielding percentage, once in baserunners caught stealing and once in range factor. Battle with alcoholism
<mask> was known for having a drinking problem, one which caused him to be kicked off four separate clubs. <mask> would later attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to help himself sober up. He revealed his membership to the press in 1940, becoming the first AA member to break their anonymity on a national level. <mask>'s  anonymity break was one of the first developments to raise questions and concern about personal anonymity in the organization.Post-playing career
After retiring, <mask> operated a real estate office in Langley Park, Maryland, was a coach for the Philadelphia Athletics (1954) and Washington Senators (1961–62) and managed in the minor leagues. He was selected Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News in  while serving as pilot of the Columbus Red Birds. He died of a heart attack at age 65 on July 31, 1972, in Washington, D.C.

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1907 births
1972 deaths
Major League Baseball catchers
Baseball players from Ohio
People from Meigs County, Ohio
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Chicago Cubs players
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St. Louis Browns players
Cleveland Indians players
New York Yankees players
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Washington Senators (1961–1971) coaches
Charleston Senators players
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