Alvin Stardust was due to release his first album for 30 years and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known
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