ALVIN DIED OF CANCER AGED 72 IN OCTOBER 2014
Born in 1942 in London as Bernard William
Jewrey and in the 1960s had a stage name of Shane Fenton, as the lead singer of the group called Shane Fenton died just before a BBC pop
programme. So Alvin
,who was also a group member took on the name to keep the TV show going ahead.
It was in the
70s music that
Alvin Stardust became a glam rock star, but although his first hit "My Coo
Ca Choo".
The record was a hit in the charts and Alvin had to go on Top of the Pops to sing the song, but he was a
ware he did not really have an image. The night before recoding he needed to dye his hair, but over did it so much, that his hair was so black, that the dye kept running down his face. So he put on
side burns to hide the mess. The next problem was that his hands were so black from the dye and would not wash off in time.
