My Coo Ca Choo My Coo Ca Choo "My Coo Ca Choo" is the first successful release for Alvin Stardust, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 1973. The glam rock single fared even better in Australia, where it spent seven weeks at the top and was the best charting single in the country in 1974. The song was written, sung, and recorded by Peter Shelley, using the glam rock name Alvin Stardust. Although he had already appeared as the original Alvin Stardust on the "Lift Off" television programme, Shelley was surprised when the record went straight into the chart the
Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly Earth." Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly Aloysius Anthony Kelly, popularly known as Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly (May 11, 1893 [some accounts say 1885] – October 11, 1952), was a pole sitter who achieved fame in the 1920s and 1930s, sitting for days at a time on elevated perches throughout the United States. Kelly was born in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. His mother died during childbirth and his father died before he was born. He ran away and went to sea at the age of 13, and changed his name to Alvin. In his early years he worked as a steelworker, steeplejack, high diver,