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
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