Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust - English rock singer and stage actor
Person from United Kingdom
Genres: glam rock, rock, rock and roll, rock music, 70s, pop, british, rock n roll
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About Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust (born Bernard William Jewry, 27 September 1942, Muswell Hill, London, England) was an English pop singer and stage actor. 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 biggest hit was "My Coo-Ca-Choo" in 1973; and he had four other chart successes with the hits - "Jealous Mind", "You, You, You", "Red Dress" and "Good Love". In total, he amassed seven Top Ten entries, in a chart span lasting almost 25 years. Alvin Stardust was part of the Green Cross Code road safety campaign with his famous tagline of "You must be out of your tiny minds" directing children to look both ways before they cross the road. In 1985, Stardust 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, Stardust 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 Stardust starred as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also at the London Palladium. Stardust has numerous television appearances to his credit, and continued to tour as a performer and vocalist Died October 23 2014 after a short illness, aged 72.
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Alvin Stardust — Top 30 songs of 56
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Stardust | You you you (1974) #19 BRD | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Pretend | ||
| Alvin Stardust | I Feel Like Buddy Holly | ||
| Alvin Stardust | I Won | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Pretend | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Jealous mind (1973) #5 BRD | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo Ca Choo (1973) | ||
| Alvin Stardust | A Picture Of You | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Jealous Mind (1974) | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Jealous Mind | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo Ca Choo | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Wonderful Time Up There | ||
| Alvin Stardust | I feel like Buddy Holly | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo Ca Choo | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Red Dress | ||
| Alvin Stardust | You You You | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Never in a Million Years | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Suddenly | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Don´t Forget At Christmas | ||
| Alvin Stardust | So Near to Christmas | ||
| Alvin Stardust | So Near To Christmas | ||
| Alvin Stardust | You, you, you | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo-Ca-Choo | ||
| Alvin Stardust | I Won't Run Away | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My coo ca choo | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Pretend | ||
| Alvin Stardust | Christmas | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo Ca Choo | ||
| Alvin Stardust | A Wonderful Time Up There | ||
| Alvin Stardust | My Coo-Ca-Choo |