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Alvin Stardust Podcast
Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at a
young age, he 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. His band based their sound on that of The Shadows. He
also appeared in Billy Fury'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 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 for Jewry lasting almost 25 years.
Stardust was part of the Green Cross Code road safety campaign with
his famous tagline of "You must be out of your tiny minds" directing
children to look both ways before they cross the road.
In 1985, Stardust participated in A Song for Europe, the UK qualifying
heat of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "The Clock on the
Wall". He finished in third place behind Vikki and Kerri Wells.
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 London Palladium.
In 2005 Stardust starred as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang, also at the London Palladium.
Stardust has numerous television appearances to his credit, and
continues to tour as a performer and singer.
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