# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-mcmanus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:25.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-mcmanus"
name: "Ross McManus"
slug: "ross-mcmanus"
description: "Ronald Patrick Ross McManus, known as Ross MacManus, was an English musician, singer and trumpet player of Irish descent. He performed with Joe Loss and his orchestra. He was the father of Elvis Costello."
tagline: "British jazz musician (1927–2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-10-20"
deathDate: "2011-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.49
  momentum:             4.592696629213483
  historical:           4.749616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533977/"
    handle:    "nm0533977"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McManus"
    title: "Ross McManus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_MacManus"
    title: "Ross MacManus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McManus"
    title: "Ross McManus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/088a7c86-b685-422f-bdf4-212800591e73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/266244"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations