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 Bell Bowl games, three Cotton Bowl games, one Orange Bowl, and eight Blue–Gray Games; and the 1936 U.S. Olympic basketball trials. Bell was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame posthumously in 1978. Alvin Bell Alvin Euclid "Pep" Bell (October 1, 1901 – June, 1968) was an American football and basketball player, who later was a football official for 36 years. Alvin Bell was born October 1, 1901 in Little Rock, Arkansas to William Euclid Bell and Josephine Kirst. Bell won 14 letters at Little Rock High School. He set a then record with 8 touchdowns in a game in