Alvin Stardust Stardust, writing, recording and singing the first Stardust single, "My Coo Ca Choo", in 1973. Shelley, however, had no interest in performing live or making public appearances, so even as "My Coo Ca Choo" was climbing the charts, he was on the lookout for someone to take over the role of Alvin Stardust. Hal Carter, Jewry's manager, suggested his client as a substitute. Jewry took over as Stardust in time to lip-synch "My Coo Ca Choo" on its first "Top Of The Pops" appearance. All further Alvin Stardust records were sung by Jewry. Stardust had further chart successes with the
Alvin Baltrop Award for the Arts. Alvin Baltrop had few exhibits in his lifetime; his work gaining international fame only after his death. In 2008, University of Rochester art professor Douglas Crimp wrote an article about Alvin Baltrop for "ARTFORUM Magazine" that regenerated interest in Baltrop's work. In 2012, the artist's solo exhibition titled "Perspectives 179— Alvin Baltrop: Dreams into Glass", in the Contemporary Art Museum Houston included almost 100 gelatin silver prints that were shot between 1969 and 1980. The most captivating and intimate images in the show were shot while Baltrop was in the Navy. These are dated between 1969-1972