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Bernard William Jewry 27 September — 23 October , known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust , was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in — However, he became better known for singles released in the s and s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart -topper " Jealous Mind ", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" and " I Feel Like Buddy Holly ".

He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four. In the early s, Shane Fenton and the Fentones were an unknown teenage band who recorded a demo tape and mailed it in to a BBC programme with the hope of being picked to appear on television. While awaiting a reply from the BBC, the band's year-old singer Shane Fenton whose real name was Johnny Theakston [ 4 ] died as a result of the rheumatic fever he had suffered in childhood.

The rest of the band guitarists Jerry Wilcock and Mick Eyre, bassist Graham George Squires and drummer Tony Hinchcliffe decided to break up, but then unexpectedly received a letter from the BBC inviting them to come to London to audition in person for the programme.

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Theakston's mother asked the band to stay together, and to keep its name, in honour of her son's memory. Jewry, who was a roadie with them at the time, was asked to join the band and to use Shane Fenton as a pseudonym. These and their subsequent misses were all on Parlophone Records. He was managed by Larry Parnes. Jewry disappeared from the spotlight for a decade after the break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his first wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm.

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During the early s, however, he acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. Shelley originated the persona of Alvin Stardust, writing, recording and singing the first Stardust single, " My Coo Ca Choo ", in Shelley had originally appeared on Lift Off with Ayshea in as Alvin Stardust, dressed up in a clown costume.

Hal Carter, Jewry's manager, suggested his client as a substitute.