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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Artist Watch:Alvin Stardust



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 aware 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.