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Významný představitel britské new wave, zpěvák, kytarista, skladatel a producent, vl. jm. Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (nar. 1955). Významným momentem v jeho tvorbě je i společenská kritika a osobitá “antihvězdnost”. Hudebně byl též ovlivněn...
Píseň: This Offer Is Unrepeatable
- Interpret:
- Elvis Costello
- Album:
- The Juliet Letters (with The Brodsky String Quartet)
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