Alvin Stardust

1942 - Yes, date unknown    Has no ancestors but 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Alvin Stardust
  Bernard William Jewry
  Birth	27 Sep 1942	Muswell Hill, London
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I513549	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Iris Violet Caldwell,   b. 1945
  Marriage	1964
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Sean Jewry   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Adam Jewry,   b. 14 Feb 1971, Liverpool d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F209493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Liza Goddard,   b. 20 Jan 1950, Smethwick, West Midlands, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F209624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2007

  
  

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  It is not uncommon for a singer to have two or more careers under different names, but such attempts are frequently all failures. However, Shane Fenton managed to have successful chart careers under his adopted name during the early 1960s and also as Alvin Stardust a decade later. Although he was born in London during World War II, Bernard spent his formative years in Nottinghamshire and has always regarded Mansfield as his home town. His musical career began through the demise of a vocalist who sang with a group calling themselves the Tremelos during 1959. Bernard Jewry, as he then was, filled the vacancy and adopted the more commercial sounding name of Shane Fenton- he later made it his real name by deed poll. When the group got the chance of a radio broadcast on the BBC's 'Saturday Club' the backing group hurriedly became the Fentones. The Fentones were a competent outfit, broadly similar to the Shadows and had Bobby Elliott on drums until he left to replace Don Rathbone in the Hollies. Their instrumental skills can be found on two Parlophone issued singles, which both made the lower reaches of the charts despite the absence of their vocalist. Shane Fenton achieved four chart appearances with the group. After the last of these hits, which was the only one to get inside the top twenty- thus hinting at a possible future breakthrough, his following singles were issued without the Fentones. It seems unfortunate that he should have done this at the time 'Merseybeat' emerged and when a 'group sound' would appear to have been an essential for chart survival. The expectation was that he would slowly sink into obscurity during the next decade along with other pioneers of British rock and roll. In fact, he re-emerged as the black leather clad 'Alvin Stardust', riding high on the tide of 'glam' rock, managing to turn his former anachronistic style into a new fashion and appealing to a new younger audience.