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a b "Alvin Stardust | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021. 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. 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. Savill, Richard (8 September 2006). "Alvin Stardust's son swaps glam for grammar". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013 . Retrieved 28 September 2013. Bletchly, Rachael (5 October 2012). " 'He saw her standing there and a pop classic was born': Teenager who inspired famous song and dated TWO Beatles". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 29 October 2018.

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. 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.”Turner, Robin (1 November 2014). "Alvin Stardust's Welsh wedding picture as he's laid to rest in church he got married in". walesonline . Retrieved 29 October 2018. Wilby, Peter (13 June 2017). "Elite private headteacher: 'The children we educate will create a fairer society' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 December 2017. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.524. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Selby, Jenn (23 October 2014). "Alvin Stardust dead: Singer passes away following short battle with cancer aged 72". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 23 October 2014. But he was also, by all accounts, a phenomenal live performer. Seek out the 1975 clip of Alvin, introduced by Bernard Manning as “Elvin Stardust”, on Granada television’s Wheeltappers & Shunters’ Social Club, raving it up in front of a green sign reading “No Obscene Language On Ladies’ Nights” to an audience of Northerners clad in brown and grey, including one old feller brazenly reading Playboy. It’s simultaneously our very own Aloha From Hawaii and the most British thing that’s ever happened.

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. a b Singh, Anita (23 October 2014). "Alvin Stardust dies after short illness". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 29 October 2018. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1985 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews. [ citation needed] Alvin Stardust: Life and career in pictures". BBC News. 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 24 October 2014.

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Stardust died at home after a brief illness; this was confirmed by his manager on 23 October 2014. He was 72 years old. [25] His funeral was held in St Thomas Church, Swansea, where he had married Julie Paton. [26] His death came weeks before he was due to release his first album for 30 years, and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. [26] He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. [11] He was cremated in Morriston Crematorium and his ashes scattered in the grounds. The chameleonic artist also had a solid stage and screen career. He helmed shows on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 5, and at one stage hosted a Sunday morning children’s TV series It’s Stardust on Britain’s free-to-air ITV. He appeared in various U.K. TV series, including Hollyoaks. 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. [12]

This is the discography of British singer Bernard Jewry, better known as Alvin Stardust, including the discography of Shane Fenton and the Fentones, of which he was the lead singer. Thompson, Steve (22 May 2021). "Behind The Wheel: Alvin Stardust". The Steve Thompson Band . Retrieved 8 September 2021. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.197. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. a b "Singer's baby recovers after fall down stairs". The Glasgow Herald. 22 December 1981 . Retrieved 25 October 2014. Jewry later also appeared in Billy Fury's movie Play It Cool (1962) and the Tommy Steele film It's All Happening (1963). He was managed by Larry Parnes. [7] Persona change [ edit ]

FENTONES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021. Win a copy of Alvin's new album" (PDF). Record Mirror. 16 November 1974. p.19 . Retrieved 8 September 2021. 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. [11] Thompson, Dave. "Biography of Shane Fenton and the Fentones". Allmusic . Retrieved 31 December 2010.