Editing Elvis Costello (section)

==== Declan Costello ====
By early 1973, Costello had determined that the music scene in Liverpool was too small to support his ambition to have a career in music, so he arranged to transfer from his job as a computer operator in the [[Midland Bank]] data centre in [[Bootle]] to a position as a clerk at the bank's [[Putney]] branch.<ref name="Colin1989" />{{sfn|Costello|2015|p=142}} Returning to London, Costello moved into the same [[Twickenham]] flat where he had lived with his mother a few years earlier, by then occupied by his father (Ross), Ross's second wife, and their infant son.{{sfn|Costello|2015|pp=151–152}} When booking himself into London clubs, he began using the name Declan Costello, adopting a family name that Ross had once made a record under, because it was easier to spell and understand than MacManus when he spoke on the phone.{{sfn|Costello|2015|pp=154 [illustration]; in deluxe ebook photo gallery, reproduction of "Folk Forum" from ''Melody Maker'', 14 April 1973}}<ref name="Rambali1983" /> Around this time, Costello accompanied Ross to Costello's first professional recording session, for the [[R. White's Lemonade|R. White's]] "Secret Lemonade Drinker" commercial jingle. Ross sang the lead vocal while Costello played guitar and sang backing vocals.{{efn|In a little-seen version of the television commercial, in which the lemonade drinker fantasises that he is a singer in a nightclub, Costello and his father mimed instruments as members of the singer's band.{{sfn |Costello|2015|pp=155–157}}}}{{sfn |Costello|2015|pp=155–157}}