Summary: Alvin 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.. He also appeared in #BillyFury'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 debut hit was "My Coo-Ca-Choo" in 1973. Stardust had other chart successes ...he amassed seven Top Ten entries, in a chart span for Jewry lasting almost 25 years. #AlvinStardust was part of the Green Cross Code road safety campaign. In 1985, Stardust participated in A Song for Europe, the UK qualifying heat of the Eurovision Song Contest. 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 #LondonPalladium. In 2005 Stardust starred as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also at the London Palladium.
