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Also known as Bernard William Jewry, Shane Fenton

British singer and actor (1942–2014)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Stories out of school
  • Tales from the Saddle

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1942-09-27
Active to
2014-10-23
glam rockrockrock and roll

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
74,248
Total plays
372,269

Tags

glam rock70spopbritishrock n roll

Alvin Stardust (born Bernard William Jewry, 27 September 1942, Muswell Hill, London, England) was an English pop singer and stage actor. 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. <a hre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Ifold
Child
Adam F
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Parlophone
Official website
www.alvinstardust.com
Image
Alvin Stardust - TopPop 1974 8.png
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date of death
2014-10-23
Commons category
Alvin Stardust
date of birth
1942-09-27
cause of death
prostate cancer
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1960-00-00
birth name
Bernard William Jewry
pseudonym
Alvin Stardust
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