Alvin Stardust

Bernard William Jewry , 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 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the preBeatles era, hitting the UK topwith four singles in 196162. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, including the UK Singles Charttopper Jealous Mind, as well as later hits such as Pretend and I Feel Like Buddy Holly.

Bernard William Jewry was bornSeptember 1942 in Muswell Hill, North London. Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at a young age where his mother ran a boarding house frequented by musicians and entertainers appearing locally, Jewry attended the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, near NewarkuponTrent, as a boarder. He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four.

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