Althouse: "Born Bernard Jewry in the East End of London in 1942, his hits included My Coo Ca Choo, Jealous Mind and I Feel Like Buddy Holly."

October 23, 2014

"Born Bernard Jewry in the East End of London in 1942, his hits included My Coo Ca Choo, Jealous Mind and I Feel Like Buddy Holly."

"In 1973 he signed with Magnet Records and took on the name that would make him famous. 'It started off as Elvin Starr, because they wanted a kind of rocky, country name,' he recalled in 2010. 'But [a woman] who was doing promotion for us said it wasn't "glam-rocky" enough, so it became Stardust and then Alvin.'"

I'm sorry I don't even remember Alvin Stardust, but he has died at the age of 72. A British glam rock star whose 1973 hit went like this:

6 comments:

traditionalguy said...: That Utube was a great example of the power of male seduction. All the Islamc State has to do is change the words to Jihad pop and send it out.; 10/23/14, 9:01 AM
PuertoRicoSpaceport.com said...: Having looked at 30 seconds of the video, I can see why neither you nor I remember him.

John Henry; 10/23/14, 9:33 AM
Widmerpool said...: Highly recommend his very enjoyable entry in Allmusic:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alvin-stardust-mn0000011207/biography; 10/23/14, 9:55 AM
David said...: Elvis-Orbison-Everly combo derivative. That alone is pretty interesting.; 10/23/14, 11:22 AM
Wince said...: Even Morrissey doesn't owe this Elvis impersonator anything.

And meanwhile, Althouse never acknowledged the passing of Eli Wallach.

You got some splainin' to do.; 10/23/14, 3:01 PM
Will Cate said...: Hell, I always thought that was T-Rex when I heard that song. That's clearly the sound he's imitating.; 10/24/14, 1:06 PM