Jealous Mind: 16 Classic Tracks

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As Alvin Stardust, he released thirty-five singles, one EP, eleven studio albums (two posthumously and three which were re-recordings of his hits) and two live albums. At least ten compilation albums have been released comprising Stardust's songs.

Pretend" was a hit in the United Kingdom in 1981, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart. It reached number one in the Dutch Top 40 in November 1981. The song was also successful in Portugal in 1983. [12] In 1995, he joined the cast of the soap opera, Hollyoaks, playing the character Greg Andersen from October 1995 to July 1996. [ citation needed] 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. A songwriter for Levy’s record label, Peter Shelley, had written My Coo Ca Choo and wanted a distinctive performer to front it. Between them the pair created the Alvin Stardust name – the original choice was Elvin, melding Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent – before dressing their charge in leather and telling him to appear mean and surly, a counterpoint to the glam image popular at the time.David Bowie names the 'real' Ziggy Stardust". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015 . Retrieved 9 June 2018.

FENTONES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 9 September 2021. Wilby, Peter (13 June 2017). "Elite private headteacher: 'The children we educate will create a fairer society' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 December 2017.Alvin Stardust: Life and career in pictures". BBC News. 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 24 October 2014. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.524. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Stardust also starred in the UK tour of Godspell and played Uriah Heep in David Copperfield– The Musical and Sir Billy Butlin in The Butlin Story at the London Palladium. In 2005 he starred as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also at the London Palladium. [11] a b "Singer's baby recovers after fall down stairs". The Glasgow Herald. 22 December 1981 . Retrieved 25 October 2014. All further Alvin Stardust records were sung by Jewry. Stardust had further chart successes with the hits " Jealous Mind" (UK No. 1), [9] "You, You, You", "Red Dress" and "Good Love Can Never Die". In total, he amassed seven Top Ten entries, in a chart span lasting almost 25 years. [10]

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. He had two sons and two daughters, [21] the youngest of whom had Cliff Richard as one of her godparents. [22]a b "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit SPE - STEN". Sisältää hitin. 12 August 2015 . Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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. 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. 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 band had some intermittent chart success, but interest waned, and by 1970 Jewry was living in Liverpool with his wife and baby son when he received a summons from Michael Levy, the pop impresario who, as Lord Levy, was later a close friend of Tony Blair. The band broke up, but when a letter arrived from the BBC asking them to record a demo, Theakstone’s parents asked Jewry to take on the role of Shane in a re-formed group. They won a record deal and in 1961 had a first hit with I’m a Moody Guy.

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His manager, Andy Davies, said: “Alvin and I had only started working together over the last couple of years because he and I believed that musically he still had a great deal to give and explore, and so we recorded an album that is a testament to an artist who gave his career to music.