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Elvis then strutted on stage, wearing his trademark horned rim glasses and clutching an umbrella with the map of the world. Dropping the umbrella, Costello promised a show that "would bring a new meaning to the words 'having the world at your feet...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Costello: Harvard's King for a Night | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

They saw Elvis Costello write himself into the Harvard history books by offering an electrifying three-hour performance which ran the gamut from tearful ballads to the tearfully ridiculous, all the while poking fun at the peculiarities of American pop culture...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Costello: Harvard's King for a Night | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...concert, a three-hour musical powerplay spanning Costello's entire songwriting career, drew four curtain calls from an audience on its feet...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Costello: Harvard's King for a Night | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...Costello then went on to play his tune "I Don't Speak English I Speak American Without Tears," back-dropped by a slide which displayed the word "THINK...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Costello: Harvard's King for a Night | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

Throughout the performance Costello played on the audience's fear that he might make an early exit. Three times Costello shouted into the microphone, "Good night, and God bless," and then left the stage. Three times the English star was called back by chants of "Elvis" and standing ovations from the audience. He would play morethan an hour of encores...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Costello: Harvard's King for a Night | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

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