Alvin Stardust break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm. During the early 1970s, however, he acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. Alvin Stardust was clearly a reference to Ziggy Stardust, a David Bowie character based on the "C-list" rocker Vince Taylor. The Alvin Stardust character looked remarkably like Taylor with sideburns and black leather outfit. His new name was given to him by Peter Shelley, the co-founder (with Michael Levy) of Magnet Records. Shelley originated the persona of Alvin
The Alvin Show after the show's prime time run ended and segments from the show were syndicated in the mid- and late 1960s under the package title "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (this first syndicated package consisted of the individual show segments only, including the "Alvin" and "Clyde Crashcup" cartoons and the Chipmunks musical segments, not in the form of half-hour shows). The series later was revived on NBC-TV, again promoted under the title "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (with the introductory "Alvin Show" title card cut off the beginning of the show opening) Saturday mornings between March 10, 1979 and September 1, 1979. Superstation