Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust was a guest act on the "Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show" in 1981. 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. He participated in "", the UK qualifying heat of the "Eurovision Song Contest", in 1985, with the song "The Clock on the Wall". He finished in third place behind Vikki and Kerri Wells. He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in
Fame Is the Name of the Game erroneously billed "Fame is the Name of the Game" as television's first "world premiere" of a "major motion picture". The film garnered phenomenal ratings leading to the spin-off series. "Chicago Deadline" (1949) Fame Is the Name of the Game Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series "The Name of the Game". It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It was produced by Ranald MacDougall, who also wrote the teleplay, from the novel "One Woman" by Tiffany Thayer. The film stars Anthony Franciosa