Shane Fenton & the Fentones - Cindy's Birthday (1962) | BFI National Archive
Вставка
- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Snake-hipped popster Shane Fenton - later reborn as Alvin Stardust - sings 'n' twists to his biggest 60s hit in this fab full-colour jukebox film.
Subscribe: bit.ly/subscrib....
Watch more on the BFI Player: player.bfi.org.uk/
This twangy track, replete with echo-drenched Shadows-style Fender guitar licks, provided Shane Fenton with his last 1960s hit single. Shane would achieve his greatest chart successes in the 1970s - once he'd dyed his hair jet black, slipped on his black gloves, and reinvented himself as dark glam rocker Alvin Stardust.
This pop promo was made for the Cinebox - a coin-operated film jukebox, fleetingly found in British pubs and clubs. Pricier than your average audio-only jukebox, Cinebox never really caught on - but its films captured some terrific early 60s pop acts in full colour. Shane name checks and demonstrates The Twist here - a fast and furious pop dance craze at the time - but this gentle, haunting beat ballad, showcasing Shane's distinctive vocal style, harks back to the late great Buddy Holly - right down to some high-pitched hiccups.
This video is part of the Orphan Works collection. When the rights-holder for a film cannot be found, that film is classified as an Orphan Work. Find out more about Orphan Works: ec.europa.eu/in... This is in line with the EU Orphan Works Directive of 2012. The results of our search for the rights holder of this film can be found in the EU Orphan Works Database: euipo.europa.e...
Follow us on Twitter: / bfi
Like us on Facebook: / britishfilminstitute
Follow us on Google+: plus.google.co...
RIP SHANE/ALVIN class act talented guy classic early 60,s sound and 70,s glam rock magic you will never be forgotten !
Great to hear this again,
I was 12 when this song came out in 1962,and it still sounds good 61 years later in 2023.
I have done his life...... got all his pictures, even baby pictures and him growing up, he was a lovely guy and missed by many🤗🙏💐
There was something cool and quaint about the 1958-1964 era, that handover era between Elvis and the Beatles, even the sound was unique, not quite 50s anymore yet not yet 60s
Totally agree. I was born late 63 but adore these sweet love songs. Such good tunes and vocals.
I am from Manchester (UK). I like US stars but love our stars from all eras the best.
Exactly.
A good observation!
The guys look so handsome...boy do I miss those late '50s/early '60s fashions: The handsome hairstyles, the Ivy League suits, the narrow ties & lapels, the tapered flat-front slacks, the wing tips. The Beatles ruined everything. Great sound, great video!
Congratulations - I reckon "The Beatles ruined everything" is the single most idiotic comment that's ever been posted on the internet.
@@GroundhogRoy Congratulations - I reckon anyone who can't associate the radical counter-culturalism the Beatles introduced with the resulting catastrophic decline of Western Civilization, is the single most idiotic individual on the Internet.
I agree. 50s /Early 60s fashions were amazing but honestly I wouldn’t say that Beatles “ruined everything”
A fresh-faced Alvin Stardust! He looked more innocent in '62, but his eyes could already "hold" you!
Bernard Jewry, Thanks for all the great music that shaped my life. RIP
Fantastic, thank you Tony Blackburn listened to this on Saturday great stuff
Excellent .....................R.I.P. Shane
YOU CAN SEE HIS TALENT SHINE THROUGH HE WAS A REAL SUPERSTAR ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Loving the cool suits and twangy guitars.😀
Seen him live in my local hall at this time , he looked and sounded just like this. Should have been a bigger star than he was.
Yes, unfortunately in this era he peaked and was sadly eclipsed -like many others- with the emergence of the exciting, new Mersey Sound, but had his day again in the 70's bless him!
Sorry but he did. Reinvented himself. ALVIN STAR DUST
@@garywray2503 I meant as Shane Fenton and the Fentones, when he made some good records. Yes he did indeed make a second career as Alvin.
I used to listen to BBC Saturday Club with Brian Mathew, just to hear the Fentones guitarist who was very good.
What happened to him?
Fabulous live band.
I brought this single at a fete years ago cost me just 10p still have it and have met Alvin such a great guy and lovely to.the fans still missed 😪
Love this record alvin, shane, who cares, thank you ❤️❤️❤️
He was offered the Lennon and McCartney song "Do You Want to know a Secret" as he was looking for a career reviving hit in 1963.
He Turned it down and Billy j Kramer took it and got a huge hit from it.
I'm sure that song would have suited his voice/ style perfectly.
By the end of 63 Fenton vanished from the radar until he came back bigger with another name takeover, that of Alvin stardust.
For those that don't know the original shane Fenton or the guy who used that stage name died so Bernard took his place and became shane Fenton.
Alvin stardust was another act created by someone who didn't want to perform under that name, eventually Bernard took over that name as well.
Very interesting reading up on his life
Didnt know about the Alvin Stardust bit but i knew Bernard from Years ago . Alas no longer with us
It was Peter Shelley who created the Alvin Stardust persona, and wrote and sang 'My Coo Ca Choo'. He didn't want to appear as Alvin Stardust or promote the record, so they got Bernard Jewry - aka Shane Fenton - to take it on. People still think it's him who sang 'My Coo Ca Choo, when in fact he mimed to Peter Shelley's vocals when he appeared on Top of The Pops. He may have later sang it himself at his concerts, but it's Peter Shelley singing it on the recorded version.
He moved to Mansfield Notts as a small boy with his Parents from London.They had a Boarding House. .My Cousin who lives in Ollerton went out with him..He really was a smashing feller.
I recall this actual film from 1962, it was on a kind of juke box (at Butlins Holiday Camp Skegness) that had vision, I just found out that the machine was probably called a "Scopitone" and worked using 16mm film with a magnetic sound strip.
My father mentioned the video jukeboxes that were around in the very early 60s, often found in the cafes of larger towns and cities across Europe
I saw them in 1963,it was my first gig, I was 9 years old.
Wow! Didn't know someone besides Johnny Crawford sang this. Cool video ✌
Johnny wrote it.
Basically launched Shane Fenton in the UK who then came back in the 70s as Alvin stardust and became even better known
Another legend of RnR with more charisma and talent than people today can only dream about.
Bernhard, Shane and Alvin, they were all great.
this guy didn't have many hits in the early 60s but was huge on the radio and had various appearences in films of the time
Five stars! Love that early color and trebley echoes. 🎸👍 Nice!
Wow , thanks for this early glimpse of Shane as I remember him in the 1970’s as Alvin Stardust 👍
wow id love to have lived in the sixties
Great guy .....loved rock and a much missed performer
God this is SOOOOO good.
Top! They look great & the lyrics are top drawer.
Such good music in them days 🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🇬🇧
This is wonderful! These lads are having fun, and the singer has got HUGE charisma.They should all be very proud of this. Thank you.
Bill Bonney moved to Canada and he and I became good friends,what a wonderful person.
Superb!
Thank God the Beatles arrived on the scene!
This was done originally by Johnny Crawford(who I used to watch on tv, he appeared on "The Rifleman" back in the days).
Both versions were released in 1962. Do you know for sure that Johnny's version was first? Doesn't really matter, just curious.
miss this fella
O cara é estiloso, terno e cabelo impecáveis.
Another good one. I remember him so well, especially when he came back as Alvin Stardust. He was also married to the gorgeous Liza Goddard, lucky guy :)
Wow alvin stardust his mum was at the same nursing home where my mum worked in west Sussex england .she said he was a lovely man
Your Mum wasn't wrong Simon, he was the nicest man I think I've ever worked with. A true gentleman.
Bognor ? I was a deck chair attendent there , best time ever.
@@topstar443 billingshurst
... 🎶🎵.." .. COO COO I JUST WANT YOU.. " ...🎵🎶 ... HAAAA! HAAAA!.. COO COO CA CHOO.. 🤓🖖🤩
Brilliant !!!!!!!!
Fentones better than the Shadows
J’aime beaucoup ❤❤❤
Ibought this one still got it
walter is my grandfather and im sittingg next to him right now
i had a snog with him long time aho hes so sweet xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard his teeth were hand made in Shefield
Amazing
All thumbs up...!!!
It looks as if Shane was singing live on the above video.Because the single has an orchestra backing.
Not live, no guitar leads.
Not live, he's dead!
YAWN
Good catch, but unfortunately he isn't singing live....... This is most likely the single without the orchestral backing, or perhaps it was an alternate recording.
well done
Wow, that drummer's good. Look at the way he moves from hi-hat to ride cymbal and back again, in a trice, several times at 1:06
I believe he went on to be the drummer in the Hollies and one of the most respected drummers in the music business by other drummers
@@kevinrowandrewitt Yes, Bobby Elliott, the great drummer of the Hollies.
I love the heavy drum sound on this single.
Life can be strange. Pete Shelley had written a song 1973. But needed both falsetto and low voice range. No one could do it. One say sitting in some club a has been calling Shane Fenton came on stage. Shelley said that's it. The rest is history. Fate can be strange
BLOODY HELL!!!!!! MY STRAT DON'T SOUND LIKE THAT UN-PLUGGED
My strat dosen't even sound like yours! Maybe because I haven't got one I suppose! This does sound great on here though doesn't it?
Mansfield's Own!
This song is for Cindy Wasserman Hudson Park High 1981 she wrote me a note saying she wanted to be my girl, I turned her down , one of my regrets she was a sweety.
She tied my laces at the Ice rink, if you are watching Cindy I do love you
thats my uncle jack wilcock on guitar
WOW!! Nice bit of family history, then.....in colour, too!
A different version to the single brilliant to see this colour footage this was a cover of an American single by Jimmy Crawford but far far superior it took another 11 years as alvin stardust before he got the fame he deserved
Loved Johnny Crawfords singing this Better!!!
It's interesting to note that Bernard took two names that were both originally used by someone else.
Dyes his hair black, fake sideburns a VIOLA Alvin Stardust.
wow ..new to me video
He looks the same age but with red hair 🙂
this is hot
Comments about the guitars being unplugged miss the point. This is an early "music video" as is mentioned in the info above. Not a live film.
Bernard Jewry in one of his guises...isn't he young here!
A lost talent{Class}
@ 1:07 Ashton Kutcher was drummer in a former life in Bognor Regis
@ 1:17 Mr Stardust (legend) er now what comes next as he scratches head.
Actually, that's future Hollie drummer Bobby Elliott, back when he dyed his blonde hair black....and had lots of it!
OMG
@@Harrisonianne No that wasn't Bobby Elliott, it was original drummer Tony Hinchcliffe. Bobby didn't join until 18 months later after this record was released.
@@TheBim1987 come on guys make up your minds who it was
Aston Kucher on drums oh and by the way if you need an Alvin Stardust clone for your party , just give me a buzz and I`ll be there in a jiffy for a fee though.
Actually, that great drummer is Bobby Elliott, later of the Hollies.
Nobody can sing this song better than Johnny Crawford. This is Johnny's song. I love Johnny Crawford.
Was the b side to this track " It's Gonna Take Magic" ? Great Twist along tune, and featured in the Billy Fury movie- Play It Cool'.
El
Check out "Don't do that" one of Shane's minor hits .It's as good as this
"My Coo-Ca-Choo".
@ Joe Peroni. Interesting fact. The studio version of 'My Coo Ca Choo' - the one Shane Fenton subsequently mimed to on Top of the Pops - was actually sung by Peter Shelley, who also wrote it, yet people still think it's Shane Fenton - aka Bernard Jewry - who sings it. No, it's Peter Shelley's vocal you're hearing.
the guitars are unplugged sounds like a joe meek recording too mmmmmmmmmmm
very nice work. but johnny crawford nailed it for me. thank you so much 1 29 19 kathleen cole
Both versions were released in 1962. I haven't been able to figure out which came out first. This is a great "bubble gum" pop tune, both the versions are very well done.
Best version by a mile or two it's groovy yeah and Shane is so cooooooooooool🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
It's all about opinions folks.
Seriously doesn't anyone here know he went on to be Alvin Stardust
😎🎙🎸🎸🎶❤❤😥
Who the guitarist playing lead on this?
Have you any other 60s jukebox films :)
😎🎙🎸🎸🎸🎶👍👍
🙂🎙🎙🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶👍👍😎
Is Shanes hair red or blond
So Alvin was a redhead!
Yes he was a redhead, he dyed his hair black when he was Alvin Stardust. When he appeared on Top of the Pops singing My Coo Ca Choo, he'd just dyed his hair and he couldn't get the black dye off his hands, so he borrowed a pair of black leather gloves to cover up the dye on his hands. Those black leather gloves became one of Alvin Stardust's trademarks.
Honestly I have to say this version is somewhat creeping me out. Not sure which came out first but this is Johnny Crawford's song.
crawford
I prefer his Stardust persona. 😊
LOL, is that a real drummer?
Fascinating. Yet slightly creepy.
Mummy! I'm Fwightened. Make them stop.
"Alvin Stardust" (re:- "Shane Fenton''), was average at best but, some songs were ok-ish!
Check his history on wikipedia, real name Bernard Drewery, became Shane, when the original Shane Fenton, real name Johnny Theakston, died from rheumatic fever age 17 years, it was at the request of the late boy's mum that Bernard, take on the name
Cringe worthy but yet still brilliant...
This lead singer has no future!!!
He was gay ??
Nonsence..Don't know how you came to that conclusion. My Cousin in his Mansfield days went with him..Far from gay, he loved the girls and they loved him..Just a nice laid back gentle guy..
What Alvin?
He had more grumble than you've had hot dinners mate!
Alvin Stardust had more pud than you could poke a stick at
At one time he was married to Iris Caldwell, Rory Storm's (Alan Caldwell) sister.
Who are these clowns trashing Johnny Crawford's song.?
Isn't this Johnny Crawford's hit ?
Just realised that Holly Johnson makes the same mannerisms when he was performing
Seriously doesn't anyone here know he went on to be Alvin Stardust
His name is or was as his gone up to God now, Bernard Drewery, he became Shane, when the original Shane Fenton, real name Johnny Theakston, who was his friend died from rheumatic fever age 17 years, at request of the late boy's mum Bernard, became Shane Fenton, and reinvents himself in the 1970s the Stardust came from David Bowie's creation Ziggy Stardust, can't remember how he came about the Alvin part but I'm sure it'll be on wikipedia