Alvin Stardust - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I am a simple man trying to live a simple life !!!!!! Alvin Stardust Birth name Bernard William Jewry Instruments Vocals, guitar Also known as Shane Fenton Years active 1960–2014 Full name Bernard William Jewry Born 27 September 1942 Muswell Hill, North London, England (1942-09-27) Genres Glam rock, rock and roll, pop Died October 23, 2014, Ifold, United Kingdom Spouse Julie Paton (m. 1992–2014), Liza Goddard (m. 1981–1989) Albums Rock With Alvin, The Untouchable Similar People Liza Goddard, Shakin' Stevens, Peter Shelley, Sheila Walsh, Adam F Alvin stardust glam rock singer dies aged 72 Sponsored Links Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English pop singer and stage actor.

Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961-62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, including the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly". Jewry did not originate either of his stage personas, in both cases taking over these personas from other artists. Alvin stardust i won t run away 1985 Early life and career Bernard William Jewry was born 27 September 1942 in Muswell Hill, North London. Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at a young age where his mother ran a boarding house frequented by musicians and entertainers appearing locally, Jewry attended the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School (now Southwell Minster School) in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, near Newark-upon-Trent, as a boarder.

He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four. In the early 1960s, Shane Fenton and the Fentones were an unknown teenage band who recorded a demo tape and mailed it in to a BBC programme with the hope of being picked to appear on television. While awaiting a reply from the BBC, the band's 17-year-old singer Shane Fenton (whose real name was Johnny Theakston) died as a result of the rheumatic fever he had suffered in childhood. Sponsored Links The rest of the band (guitarists Jerry Wilcock and Mick Eyre, bassist Graham George Squires and drummer Tony Hinchcliffe) decided to break up, but then unexpectedly received a letter from the BBC inviting them to come to London to audition in person for the programme. Theakston's mother asked the band to stay together, and to keep its name, in honour of her son's memory. Jewry, who was a roadie with the group at the time, was asked to join the band and to use Shane Fenton as a pseudonym.

The combo had a handful of hits in the UK Singles Chart, basing their sound on that of the Shadows: "I'm A Moody Guy", "Walk Away", "It's All Over Now" and their biggest hit, "Cindy's Birthday". These and their subsequent misses were all on Parlophone Records. Jewry later also appeared in Billy Fury's movie Play It Cool. He was managed by Larry Parnes. Persona change Jewry disappeared from the spotlight for a decade after the break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm. During the early 1970s, however, he acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. His new name was given to him by Peter Shelley, the co-founder (with Michael Levy) of Magnet Records. Shelley originated the persona of Alvin Stardust, writing, recording and singing the first Stardust single, "My Coo Ca Choo", in 1973.

Shelley, however, had no interest in performing live or making public appearances, so even as "My Coo Ca Choo" was climbing the charts, he was on the lookout for someone to take over the role of Alvin Stardust. Hal Carter, Jewry's manager, suggested his client as a substitute. Jewry took over as Stardust in time to lip-synch "My Coo Ca Choo" on its first Top Of The Pops appearance. All further Alvin Stardust records were sung by Jewry. Stardust had further chart successes with the hits "Jealous Mind" (UK No. 1.), "You, You, You", "Red Dress" and "Good Love Can Never Die". In total, he amassed seven Top Ten entries, in a chart span lasting almost 25 years. Stardust was part of the Green Cross Code road safety campaign Children's Heroes (1976), which saw him instructing children to look both ways before they crossed the road. Since the 1980s "Pretend" was a hit in the United Kingdom in 1981, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart.

It reached number one in the Dutch Top 40 in November, 1981. The song was also successful in Portugal in 1983. Alvin Stardust was a guest act on the Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show in 1981. The singles "I Feel Like Buddy Holly", written and produced by Mike Batt and "I Won't Run Away" reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart, in 1984. "So Near To Christmas" was a minor hit, No. 29, in the same year. He participated in A Song for Europe, the UK qualifying heat of the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1985, with the song "The Clock on the Wall". He finished in third place behind Vikki and Kerri Wells. In 1986, Stardust performed the duet "I Hope and I Pray" with Sheila Walsh on her album Shadowlands, which was released as a single. That year he also performed at Windsor Castle as a lead in the Lloyd Webber–Rice musical Cricket.

Stardust also 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. Stardust has numerous television appearances to his credit, and continued to tour as a performer and singer. In 1989, he also hosted his own Sunday morning children's TV series on ITV called It's Stardust. It featured stories, songs, poems, jokes and also cartoons and shows for younger children including The Adventures of Parsley, Little Miss and Satellite City. During one show, in 1994, he was performing "My Coo Ca Choo" when one of the pyrotechnics went wrong and blew up in his face, knocking him to the ground. After a night in hospital, he was checked out the next day with no major problems. In 2011, Stardust made a return to the stage as a singer rather than an actor, and was due to play the Arts Guild Theatre in Greenock on 28 October.

Personal life Stardust was married three times. His first marriage was to Iris Caldwell, sister of Rory Storm and an ex-girlfriend of both George Harrison and Paul McCartney, as she had grown up with them in Liverpool. In 1981, Stardust married the actress Liza Goddard. Their daughter, Sophie Jewry, was critically injured at the age of two months after she fell down a set of stairs and suffered a severe fracture of the skull; she later recovered from her injuries. Stardust was married to the actress and choreographer Julie Paton at the time of his death. His son, Shaun Fenton, is the headmaster at Reigate Grammar School, and was previously head teacher at Pate's Grammar School and Sir John Lawes School. His other son, Adam, is a music producer and DJ, known as "Adam F". Stardust's third child, Sophie Jewry, runs her own business and lives in Norfolk with her partner and daughter. Stardust's fourth child, Millie Margaret May, was born in December 2000. The christening was covered by OK! magazine, with Sir Cliff Richard as one of the godparents.

As wife Julie hails from Swansea, a Welsh flavour was provided by a harpist and Welsh male voice choir, the Gwalia Singers from Swansea. Fish and chips were served, as it was Stardust's favourite dish. Death Stardust died after a brief illness; this was confirmed by his manager on the morning of 23 October 2014. His death came just weeks before he was due to release his first album for 30 years and the day after his last show at The Regal Cinema Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. He died at home with his wife and family around him. Songs I Feel Like Buddy Holly Jealous Mind Good Love Can Never Die Red Dress Shane Fenton & The Fentones - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music Shane Fenton & The Fentones Add "Shane Fenton & The Fentones" to My Music Add "Shane Fenton & The Fentones"to My Music Share this page Read more about sharing.

Biography (Wikipedia) Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961-62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, including the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly". This entry is from Wikipedia , the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License . If you find the biography content factually incorrect or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia . Find out more about our use of this data.

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Stardust’s last album launches early as tribute - Classic Rock Stardust’s last album launches early as tribute News / 24 Oct 2014 / by Martin Kielty 0 shares Google+ Label say “deeply personal” record is "worthy testament" to late glam star Alvin Stardust’s final album will be launched earlier than planned as a tribute to the late glam star, his label have confirmed. Real name Bernard Jewry, and also known as Shane Fenton, Stardust passed away yesterday at the age of 72 , soon after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He’d recently completed work on Alvin, his first studio project in 30 years, which he’d described as a “departure” from the 1970s and 1980s material he’s best known for. Now Conehead Records say: “The release of the final album by Alvin Stardust will be bought forward to October 27. It’s a worthy testament to a talent that endured, and a reputation that will continue. “This is a collection reflecting a maturing performer, at home with the nuances of his remarkable voice.

It’s a reflective, speculative and deeply personal album that beguiles with an open honesty that recalls the best of the singer-songwriter genre.” Stardust’s manager Andy Davies says: “Alvin and I had started working together over the last couple of years because he and I believed that, musically, he still had a great deal to give. “We recorded an album that’s a testament to an artist who gave his career to music. I may not have known him long – but even in that short time he proved to be one of the most genuine and likeable men I've ever met. His passing is a huge and sad loss.” Conehead confirmed that Stardust’s family were around him when he died. 70s pop star Alvin Stardust dies aged 72 after short illness | London Evening Standard 70s pop star Alvin Stardust dies aged 72 after short illness Thursday 23 October 2014 10:33 BST Click to follow Passed away: Glam rock star Alvin Stardust The singer and actor Alvin Stardust died today aged 72 after a short illness.

The performer, who was born Bernard Jewry in London in 1942, had been recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and died at home in Billinghurst, West Sussex, with his wife, Julie Paton, and family around him, his manager said. The illness came as he was preparing to release his first studio album in 30 years. The glam rock pop star grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where his father moved to work as a salesman and his early influences were the children’s movie matinees at the local cinema where his idols were the singing cowboys Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. He was given his first guitar at 12 and began his career in his teens under the name Shane Fenton - taking the place of a friend who died of a childhood illness - and recording singles hits in the style of the Shadows.

Alvin Stardust 1942-1972 Alvin Stardust 1942-1972 1/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust - who has died aged 72 after a short illness - performs live at Hilversum Studios in The Netherlands in 1975 (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) 2/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust in his trademark black outfit in 1973 (Rex Features) 3/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust became a huge star on the back of the 1970s glam rock craze 4/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust and actress Liza Goddard at Wood Green Register Office on their wedding day 5/7 Alvin Stardust Liza Goddard and Alvin Stardust at a thanksgiving service for their baby Sophie Alice 6/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust as The Child Catcher in stage musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7/7 Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust performs at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival in 2010 (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty

 Images for Vintage at Goodwood) It was in the 1970s, after that first band split up, that he recreated himself as Alvin Stardust and joined the glam rock bandwagon of the period.

His first hit, in 1973, was My Coo Ca Choo which was followed by other successes including Jealous Mind, Red Dress and Good Love Can Never Die, notching up a total of seven Top Ten hits. His career looked to be almost over in the 1980s until new management teamed him with Pete Waterman, producing a global hit Pretend. But he also worked extensively in theatre with roles in Godspell, David Copperfield and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 70s icon: Alvin Stardust pictured in 1973 (Rex Features) In recent years he had begun playing festivals and was performing until the last weeks of his life - and trying new sounds. The new album, entitled “Alvin,” which will still be released as scheduled on November 3, is described on his official website as a “complete departure” from the “glitter-coated glory of his signature sound”. His ex-wife actress Liza Goddard paid tribute on Twitter, writing: “RIP Alvin Stardust. Thank you for our beautiful daughter and granddaughter.” She was the singer’s Alvin’s second wife, having previously wed Iris Caldwell.

One of his children includes son Adam - better known as DJ Adam F. Andy Davies, his manager, said: “Alvin and I had only started working together over the last couple of years because he and I believed that musically he still had a great deal to give and explore and so we recorded and album that is a testament to an artist who gave his career to music. “I may not have known him long but even in that short time he proved to be one of the most genuine and likeable men I’ve ever met. His passing is a huge and sad loss”. Alvin Stardust dies aged 72 after short illness | Music | The Guardian Pop and rock Alvin Stardust dies aged 72 after short illness Pop singer best known for 1970s hits such as My Coo Ca Choo was recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer Alvin Stardust.

Photograph: ITV/Rex Thursday 23 October 2014 12.36 EDT First published on Thursday 23 October 2014 06.53 EDT Close This article is 2 years old Alvin Stardust, the lavishly quiffed, luxuriantly sideburned, leather-clad pop star best known for 1970s hits such as My Coo Ca Choo, has died aged 72 after a short illness. The singer, who initially enjoyed minor fame fronting the early 60s group Shane Fenton and the Fentones before successfully reinventing himself a decade later, was recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and died at home in Billinghurst, West Sussex, with his family by his side, his manager said. Stardust, who had a successful second career in musical theatre, and appeared occasionally as a TV actor, had just recorded his first new album for 30 years. Called simply Alvin, It is due to be released on Monday. Born Bernard Jewry in north London in 1942, Stardust’s introduction to pop success was sudden and bizarre.

As a teenager growing up in Mansfield he became a friend and occasional road crew member for the young rock group Shane Fenton and the Fentones. The band had sent off a series of demo tapes before the original Shane, in real life 16-year-old Johnny Theakstone, suddenly died of a heart condition caused by a childhood illness. The band broke up, but when a letter arrived from the BBC asking them to record a demo, Theakstone’s parents asked Jewry to take on the role of Shane in a re-formed group. They won a record deal and in 1961 had a first hit with I’m a Moody Guy. The band had some intermittent chart success, but interest waned, and by 1970 Jewry was living in Liverpool with his wife and baby son when he received a summons from Michael Levy, the pop impresario who, as Lord Levy, was later a close friend of Tony Blair. A songwriter for Levy’s record label, Peter Shelley, had written My Coo Ca Choo and wanted a distinctive performer to front it.

Between them the pair created the Alvin Stardust name – the original choice was Elvin, melding Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent – before dressing their charge in leather and telling him to appear mean and surly, a counterpoint to the glam image popular at the time. According to Stardust’s official web biography , he had to hurriedly dye his hair black before an initial Top of the Pops appearance, in the process staining his hands and necessitating the leather gloves which became a key part of his look. Pinterest Alvin Stardust performs My Coo Ca Choo After My Coo Ca Choo, the singer had a 1974 No 1 with Jealous Mind, and enjoyed more than a dozen hits into the 1980s. Despite his seemingly menacing image – a trademark gesture was to beckon at the camera with a leather-clad finger – Stardust attracted a big following among young people and later fronted a popular road safety advertisement . He later took a number of roles in musical theatre, including as the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and on television shows including Hollyoaks and Doctors. He married three times, and had four children.

Of his two sons from his first marriage, one is the headteacher of a grammar school in Surrey while the other is a drum and bass DJ and producer . Among those paying tribute was Radio 5 Live DJ presenter Nicky Campbell, who said: “Pointing at the camera with his single leather glove. ‘Lay down and groove on the mat’. He did the attitude consummately. Alvin Stardust RIP”. The veteran DJ Tony Blackburn said: “So sorry to hear about Alvin Stardust. He was a lovely man and gave us some great songs. RIP.” His manager, Andy Davies, said: “Alvin and I had only started working together over the last couple of years because he and I believed that musically he still had a great deal to give and explore, and so we recorded an album that is a testament to an artist who gave his career to music. “I may not have known him long but even in that short time he proved to be one of the most genuine and likeable men I’ve ever met.

His passing is a huge and sad loss.” Lord Levy, who founded Magnet Records and now sits in the House of Lords, said: “He was one of the most professional artists that I had the privilege of working with. He was a real gentleman. “Whenever he did TV or a radio appearance he would always thank the staff or the producer. He knew the score and knew what he was doing. He knew he had been given an opportunity and was prepared to graft to make the most of it.” Alvin Stardust - Greatest & Latest (2001) / AvaxHome Alvin Stardust - Greatest & Latest (2001) EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 436 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 141 Mb Scans Included (JPG, 300 dpi) | RAR 5% Recovery Glam Rock | Disky #SI 646872 Bernard William Jewry, known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English pop singer and stage actor.

Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961-62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, including the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly". ~ Wiki The name, the sound, and the image were brand new, but when Alvin Stardust first appeared on the British scene in November, 1973, glowering in a tight leather cat suit and professing his love for his little coo-ca-choo, more than one observer took one look at him and said, "I know that face." And they did.

More than a decade prior, during 1961-1962, this same figure was going under the name of Shane Fenton and scoring with two of the most memorable hits of the pre-Beatles '60s: "I'm a Moody Guy" and "Cindy's Birthday." Since that time, he had sunk into obscurity, haunting the nightclub circuit with an increasingly tired oldies set, until a meeting with songwriter/producer Pete Shelley suddenly brought him back up to date. Although neither Fenton nor Shelley would ever duplicate the sheer hypnotic magnificence of "My Coo Ca Choo," the record which brought the Alvin Stardust persona into the public eye, they still proved to be one of the most reliable and constantly enjoyable hitmaking teams of the mid-'70s, while Stardust's refusal to retreat back into the shadows saw him establish himself among Britain's most loved entertainers.

Shelley wrote "My Coo Ca Choo" long before he decided who would perform it; all he knew was he wanted someone "who could sing rock & roll, but who looked pretty mean." At the time, after all, the entire country seemed to be consumed by glam rock, with all the perceived superficiality which that portended. Shelley wanted someone who would be seen as the complete opposite of all that. He found it in Shane Fenton. Redolent as it was of a much earlier era, Fenton's own name, of course, could not be revived. Alvin Stardust, however, sounded utterly up-to-date and, although there were certainly some teething problems in the weeks before "My Coo-Ca-Choo" was launched (most notably the decision to dress the singer in a pink jumpsuit for his first TV appearance), by the time the record began threatening the Top 40, the Alvin Stardust image was firmly in place. By the time the media at large realized who he really was, an entire generation of pop fans were so entranced that it really didn't matter.

With a '50s-style haircut, tight black leather, and a permanent scowl, crouched in a stance midway between a fighting fit boxer and the ghost of Gene Vincent, Stardust was the most threatening-looking pop star of the age. Even before the Magnet Records publicity department began to move, the media was already showering him with epithets: "The Man in Black," "The Untouchable," "The Star Who Is Forbidden to Smile," "The Son of Gary Glitter." Children's television seriously considered banning him from appearing in case he frightened the young viewers, but nothing could halt "My Coo Ca Choo." The single rose to number two before finally being held off the top spot by fellow veteran Gary Glitter. "Jealous Mind," which did go all the way to number one, more than compensated for that disappointment and over the next year, into the summer of 1975, Shelley and Stardust produced another five, almost equally memorable, hit singles: "Red Dress," "You You You," "Tell Me Why," "Good Love Can Never Die," and "Sweet Cheatin' Rita." The hits stopped after that, but Stardust had already made plans for the future.

He had already dropped the leather and the scowl, while his last two singles, in particular, had revealed a sensitive side to the once-demonic performer. With an audience which now included as many parents as children, he turned his attention towards the rock & roll revival circuit and remained a successful live draw well into the early '80s. Stardust then engineered a quite remarkable comeback, signing to the Stiff Records label and returning to the chart with "Pretend." It reached number four during fall 1981 and while Stardust then lapsed back into silence, it was only fleeting. In May 1984, "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" returned him to the U.K. Top Ten, to be followed by "I Won't Run Away" and the festive favorite "So Near to Christmas." He celebrated 25 years of chart success the following year when "Got a Little Heartache" breached the Top 60. It was to prove his final hit; after that time, he remained a fixture on the live circuit, also appearing in occasional television and stage roles.

Alvin Stardust died in October 2014 after a short battle with prostate cancer, just two weeks before the release of Alvin, his first studio album in more than 25 years. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Veckans Artist Shane Fenton / Alvin Stardust | Radio 88 Partille Veckans Artist Shane Fenton / Alvin Stardust 26 okt PO Almqvist 0 Kommentarer Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known as Alvin Stardust, was an English pop singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton, Stardust's stage and screen career spanned over a half-century. He is best known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s, including "My Coo Ca Choo", the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly". Bernard William Jewry was born 27 September 1942 in Muswell Hill, North London.

Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at a young age, Jewry attended the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School (now Southwell Minster School) in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, near Newark-upon-Trent, as a boarder. He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four. In the early 1960s, Shane Fenton and the Fentones were an unknown teenage band who recorded a demo tape and mailed it in to a BBC programme with the hope of being picked to appear on television. While awaiting a reply from the BBC, the band's 17-year-old singer Shane Fenton (whose real name was Johnny Theakston) died as a result of the rheumatic fever he had suffered in childhood. The rest of the band (guitarists Jerry Wilcox and Mick Eyre, bassist Graham George Squires and drummer Tony Hinchcliffe) decided to break up, but then unexpectedly received a letter from the BBC inviting them to come to London to audition in person for the programme. Theakston's mother asked the band to stay together, and to keep its name, in honour of her son's memory.

Jewry, who was a roadie with the group at the time, was asked to join the band and to use Shane Fenton as a pseudonym. The combo had a handful of hits in the UK Singles Chart, basing their sound on that of the Shadows: "I'm A Moody Guy", "Walk Away", "It's All Over Now" and their biggest hit, "Cindy's Birthday". These and their subsequent misses were all on Parlophone. Jewry disappeared from the spotlight for a decade after the break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm. During the early 1970s, however, Jewry acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. His new name was given to him by Peter Shelley, the co-founder (with Michael Levy) of Magnet Records, who had found himself unable to continue as Alvin Stardust when "My Coo Ca Choo" charted in 1973. Hal Carter, Fenton's manager, suggested his client as a substitute.

Stardust had further chart successes with the hits "Jealous Mind" (UK No. 1.[8]), "You, You, You", "Red Dress" and "Good Love Can Never Die". In total, he amassed seven Top Ten entries, in a chart span lasting almost 25 years. "Pretend" was a hit in the United Kingdom in 1981, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart. It reached number one in the Dutch Top 40 in November, 1981. The song was also successful in Portugal in 1983. The singles "I Feel Like Buddy Holly", written and produced by Mike Batt and "I Won't Run Away" reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart, in 1984. "So Near To Christmas" was a minor hit, No. 29, in the same year. He participated in A Song for Europe, the UK qualifying heat of the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1985, with the song "The Clock on the Wall". He finished in third place behind Vikki and Kerri Wells.

Stardust also 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. Stardust has numerous television appearances to his credit, and continued to tour as a performer and singer. In 1989, he also hosted his very own Sunday morning children's TV series on ITV called It's Stardust. It featured stories, songs, poems, jokes and also cartoons and shows for younger children including The Adventures of Parsley, Little Miss and Satellite City. During one show, in 1994, he was performing "My Coo Ca Choo" when one of the pyrotechnics went wrong and blew up in his face, knocking him to the ground. After a night in hospital, he was checked out the next day with no major problems.

In 2011, Stardust made a return to the stage as a singer rather than an actor, and was due to play the Arts Guild Theatre in Greenock on 28 October.[14] Stardust was married three times. His first marriage was to Iris Caldwell, sister of Rory Storm and an ex-girlfriend of both George Harrison and Paul McCartney, having grown up with them in Liverpool. In 1981, Stardust married the actress Liza Goddard. Their daughter, Sophie Jewry, was critically injured at the age of two months after she fell down a set of stairs and suffered a severe fracture of the skull. She later recovered from her injuries. Stardust was married to the actress and choreographer Julie Paton at the time of his death. Stardust died after a brief illness; this was confirmed by his manager on the morning of 23 October 2014. His death came just weeks before he was due to release his first album after 30 years.

He had recently been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and died at home with his wife and family around him Skribent Obituary: Alvin Stardust, singer - The Scotsman Heroes Obituary: Alvin Stardust, singer Alvin Stardust: Glam-rock star of the 1970s who reinvented himself as an actor and children's show host. Picture: Getty DAVID POLLOCK Have your say Born: 27 September, 1942, in London. Died: 23 October, 2014, in West Sussex, aged 72 Alvin Stardust was the most famous performing pseudonym of the singer born Bernard William Jewry in Muswell Hill, London, in 1942. He would enjoy greatest success under the Stardust name, particularly with pop hits which spanned the early 1970s to the mid-1980s including My Coo Ca Choo, Pretend and I Feel Like Buddy Holly, and would continue to use it in later life as a musical theatre performer and television and film actor.

His earliest exposure, however, came in the early 1960s as the again pseudonymous singer of Shane Fenton and the ­Fentones, who enjoyed minor chart ­success. Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, with his family for his father to pursue his ­career in sales, the young Jewry was introduced to performers at an early age, as his mother would let rooms in their large home to actors and singers appearing at the town’s Palace Theatre. He would himself appear in pantomime at the age of four, while he later became a lover of film, growing to idolise Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. Boarding as a teenager at the nearby Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School, Jewry was introduced to rock’n’ roll music through listening to stations such as Radio Luxembourg and the American Forces Network, developing a fascination with artists including Elvis Presley, Howlin’ Wolf, Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holly. His first brush with showbusiness came via Holly, when Jewry took the guitar he was given as a 12th birthday present to see Buddy Holly and the Crickets play in Doncaster.

Talking himself backstage, he met Holly and asked to play for him, collecting the band’s autographs on the body of his guitar. Later signatories on the guitar would include Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochrane, Chuck Berry and all of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones: a treasured possession throughout his life, it was a valuable collector’s item. In his late teens, Jewry became friends with, and an ­occasional roadie to, a local group called Johnny Theakstone and the Tremolos, who would sadly split when Theakstone died through complications ­associated with childhood rheumatic fever. However, in the weeks following his death, Theakstone’s parents received a letter inviting the band to appear on the BBC, following Jewry’s submission of a demo tape under the ­pseudonym Shane Fenton and the Fentones (Shane from a name he had spotted on a Gene Vincent record and Fenton from a local garage). With the blessing of Theakstone’s mother, the band reformed for the gig with Jewry playing the “Fenton” role, and their appearance at the BBC went so well that they were signed by EMI within a week.

The years 1961 and 1962 would see a few minor hits including I’m a Moody Guy and Cindy’s Birthday. Subsequent singles flopped, however, and the band split up in 1963. The rest of the 1960s saw Bernard continuing to be involved with the music industry, while remaining out of the spotlight. He dabbled in the cabaret circuit, tried his hand at artist management (his client list included Lulu and the Hollies, whose drummer Bobby Elliott had been in the Tremolos and the Fentones) and appeared back on stage for a short-lived stint with the Shane Fenton Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio. Yet as the 1970s began, he was stung by criticism from the record labels he approached that his sound was “too Sixties”. As a result, the still-aspiring pop star went on to fully embrace the glam-rock trend then emerging in popular music, as artists such as David Bowie and Marc Bolan’s T-Rex began to hit the charts.

Meeting the founders of Magnet Records, the singer and songwriter Peter Shelley and the industry lawyer Michael Levy (later Lord Levy, special envoy to the Middle East under Tony Blair), he concocted the bequiffed, leather-clad persona of Alvin Stardust as a homage to the music he enjoyed in his youth even as it was a response to the demands of glam style. It was as Alvin Stardust that he found the real pop stardom he had worked his adult life to achieve, albeit in brief flashes. His debut single, My Coo Ca Choo, reached number two in the charts in 1973, while the ­following year he topped the hit parade with Jealous Mind, and Red Dress and You You You both reached the top ten.

As glam faded and the disco and punk styles began to dominated the latter half of the decade, however, his profile dropped to such a level that his greatest impact on the public consciousness was an appearance in a Green Cross Code road safety campaign advert, which gave birth to the playground catchphrase of the time, “You must be out of your tiny mind!” Displaying much of the tenacity which had characterised his career, however, Stardust again returned to the top ten in 1981 with Pretend and in 1984 with I Feel Like Buddy Holly and I Won’t Run Away. Although these were his last pop hits of any note, he yet again reinvented himself as a stage performer and as a screen actor. He hosted his own ITV children’s show, It’s Stardust, in 1989 and in later years would take parts in Doctors and ­Hollyoaks, while his stage roles included Godspell, David ­Copperfield: The Musical and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Bernard Jewry aka Shane Fenton aka Alvin Stardust died at home in West Sussex following a short battle with metastatic prostate cancer, at the age of 72.

He is survived by his third wife Julie Paton, his sons Shawn and Adam (also known as the drum ‘n’ bass producer Adam F) and his daughters Sophie and Millie. His second wife, TV and stage actress Liza Goddard, whom he married in 1981, and who is Sophie’s mother, was among the many people paying tribute to him yesterday.

Question: By what name was Shane Fenton better known as a performer in the 1970s and 1980s?
Answer: Alvin Stardust