My Coo Ca Choo March 1974. 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
Alvin Stardust 1985 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews. In 1986, Stardust performed the duet "I Hope and I Pray" with Sheila Walsh on her album "Shadowlands", which was released as a single. That year he also performed at Windsor Castle as a lead in the Lloyd Webber–Rice musical "Cricket". 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. Stardust has