You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)

"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
Single by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
from the album I Hope We Get to Love in Time
B-side "Fool For You"
Released September 1976
Genre Pop, soul, disco
Length 4:41
3:39 (7" version)
Label ABC Records
Songwriter(s) James Dean, John Glover
Producer(s) Don Davis
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. singles chronology
"I Hope We Get to Love on Time"
(1976)		 "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
(1976)		 "Your Love"
(1977)

"I Hope We Get to Love on Time"
(1976)		 "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
(1977)		 "Your Love"
(1977)

"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a song by the husband/wife duo of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., former members of the vocal group The 5th Dimension. Released from their album, I Hope We Get to Love in Time, it became a crossover success, spending six months on the charts and soaring to number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during late 1976 and early 1977.[1] The song also reached #6 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and #7 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] It would eventually be certified gold, selling over one million copies, and winning them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1977.[3]

Personnel

Chart performance

Other versions

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 338.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  3. ↑ 19th Grammy Awards (1977) - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  4. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5149a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5149a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5149a
  5. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5179&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5179.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5179
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Don't Have to Be a Star". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-0898201550
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  9. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  10. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-12-31. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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