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 J. Johnson "Johnson's New Illustrated (steel plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical". While Johnson was a newcomer to the map and atlas industry, and never gained the historical fame of either Mitchell or Colton, his atlases and its maps, published until 1887, appeared to have been popular, and, over the last decade, have become increasingly valued among collectors. Alvin J. Johnson Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), also known as A.J. Johnson, led the New York City publishing company which published "Johnson's Family Atlases" from 1860 to 1887. These atlases were published under his name alone or with Browning (1860–62) and