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. 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.

He married three times, and had four children. Of his two sons from his first marriage, one is the headteacher of a grammar school in Surrey while the other is a drum and bass DJ and producer.FENTONES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021.

Bernard William Jewry was born 27 September 1942 in Muswell Hill, then in Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Haringey). [1] [2] Having moved at a young age to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where his mother ran a boarding house frequented by musicians and entertainers appearing locally, [3] Jewry attended the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School (now Southwell Minster School) in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, near Newark-on-Trent, as a boarder. He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four. Stardust was part of the Green Cross Code road safety campaign Children's Heroes (1976), which saw him instructing children to look both ways before they crossed the road. [11] Later work [ edit ] Stardust at Guilfest 2012 SHANE FENTON & THE FENTONES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021. a b "Alvin Stardust | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021.a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.290. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Wilby, Peter (13 June 2017). "Elite private headteacher: 'The children we educate will create a fairer society' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 December 2017. 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.” Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.197. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Win a copy of Alvin's new album" (PDF). Record Mirror. 16 November 1974. p.19 . Retrieved 8 September 2021. 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.

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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. 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. Lord Levy, who founded Magnet Records and now sits in the House of Lords, said: “He was one of the most professional artists that I had the privilege of working with. He was a real gentleman. David Bowie names the 'real' Ziggy Stardust". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015 . Retrieved 9 June 2018. 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.