Ronald Patrick Ross MacManus (20 October 1927 – 24 November 2011) was an English musician and trumpet player, who performed with Joe Loss and his orchestra, and the father of singer Elvis Costello.
Born on Conway Street, Birkenhead, MacManus attended St. Anselm's College.
MacManus joined Joe Loss in March 1955. He wrote and sang "Patsy Girl", a 1964 single credited to Ross McManus and the Joe Loss Blue Beats. The song was featured on the "Fathers...
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Ronald Patrick Ross MacManus (20 October 1927 – 24 November 2011) was an English musician and trumpet player, who performed with Joe Loss and his orchestra, and the father of singer Elvis Costello.
Born on Conway Street, Birkenhead, MacManus attended St. Anselm's College.
MacManus joined Joe Loss in March 1955. He wrote and sang "Patsy Girl", a 1964 single credited to Ross McManus and the Joe Loss Blue Beats. The song was featured on the "Fathers" episode of Bob Dylan's radio series, Theme Time Radio Hour, in 2006.
MacManus was responsible for the music and vocals from the R. White's Lemonade television advertisement theme song, "Secret Lemonade Drinker", on which Costello plays the drums, and sang backing vocals.
"1973 saw the launch of the brand’s most famous advertising campaign, 'The Secret Lemonade Drinker', which remained on screen until 1984. The ad featured a man in striped pyjamas creeping downstairs to raid the fridge for R Whites Lemonade. Ross McManus, the father of singer...
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