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 Stardust numerous television appearances to his credit, and continued to tour as a performer and singer. In 1989, he also hosted his own Sunday morning children's TV series on ITV called "It's Stardust". It featured stories, songs, poems, jokes and also cartoons and shows for younger children, including "The Adventures of Parsley", "Little Miss" and "Satellite City". On 2 October 2011, Stardust was initiated into the Grand Order of Water Rats, an entertainment fraternity. In 2011, Stardust made a return to the stage as a singer rather than an actor, and played the Arts Guild Theatre in Greenock on 28 October