Stage name (for men) or Chaba (Chebba) for women. Both Arabic words mean "young" (e.g. as in Cheb Khaled, or "Young Khaled"). Some performers take a series of different stage names. The British pop singer successful in the 1970s as Alvin Stardust previously went by the stage name of "Shane Fenton" in the 1960s. He had been born "Bernard William Jewry". Some performers will use different names in different settings. Charles Thompson, singer-songwriter for the alternative band the Pixies, was known in that band as "Black Francis". He was called "Frank Black" as a solo performer, and again called "Black Francis" 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