Alvin Stardust

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Alvin Stardust (born on 27 September 1942) is an English vocalist and stage actor, born Bernard William Jewry, in Muswell Hill, London.

1 Career
2 Discography
- 2.1 Shane Fenton & The Fentones
- 2.2 Alvin Stardust
3 Other Information
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Career

Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at a young age, he made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four. In the early 1960s he became known as Shane Fenton, and with his backing group, The Fentones, had a handful of hits in the UK singles chart. His band based their sound on that of The Shadows. He also appeared in Billy Fury's movie, "Play It Cool".

During the early 1970s he became Alvin Stardust, as he tried to cash in on the Glam Rock bandwagon. His main hit was "My Coo-Ca-Choo" in 1974; but he had four other big successes with the hits - "Jealous Mind", "You, You, You", "Red Dress" and "Good Love". In total, he amassed seven Top Ten entries. This string of smashes extended his overall chart span to almost 25 years.

In 1985 he participated in A Song for Europe, the UK qualifying heat of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song The Clock on the Wall. He finished in third place behind Vikki and Kerri Wells.

Moving into musical theatre, Alvin starred in the UK tour of Godspell and played Uriah Heep in David Copperfield - The Musical and Sir Billy Butlin in The Butlin Story at the London Palladium.

In 2005 he starred as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also at the London Palladium.

He remains a popular figure, with numerous television appearances to his credit, as well as continuing to tour as a respected performer and vocalist.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Shane Fenton & The Fentones

"I'm A Moody Guy" - 1961 - UK singles chart high - No. 22
"Walk Away" - 1962 - No. 38
"It's All Over Now" - 1962 - No. 29
"Cindy's Birthday" - 1962 - No. 19

[edit] Alvin Stardust

"My Coo-Ca-Choo" - 1973 - No. 2
"Jealous Mind" - 1974 - No. 1
"Red Dress" - 1974 - No. 7
"You You You" - 1974 - No. 6
"Tell Me Why" - 1974 - No. 16
"Good Love Can Never Die" - 1975 - No. 11
"Sweet Cheatin' Rita" - 1975 - No. 37
"Pretend" - 1981 - No. 4
"A Wonderful Time Up There - 1981 - No. 56
"I Feel like Buddy Holly" - 1984 - No. 7
"I Won't Run Away" - 1984 - No. 7
"So Near To Christmas" - 1984 - No. 29
"Got a Little Heartache" - 1985 - No. 55

[edit] Other Information

Alvin's son, Shaun, takes over the post of Headteacher at Pate's Grammar School in the summer of 2006.
Alvin's other son, Adam, is an acclaimed drum and bass producer and DJ, known as Adam F.
Stardust was formerly married to actress Liza Goddard, and previously Iris Caldwell. He is now married to the actress, Julie Paton.