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

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"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
You Don't Have to Be a Star - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.jpg
French release cover
Single by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
from the album I Hope We Get to Love in Time
B-side "We've Got to Get it On Again"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Genre
Length4:41 (Album version)
3:40 (Single 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)
Alternative release
You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) US RPM 45.jpg
Side A of the US single

Other versions

References

  1. "The 40 Biggest Duets Of All Time". Billboard Magazine. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Marilyn McCoo and Billy David Jr....been married for seven years when they recorded this 1976 R&B classic...
  2. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Movin' On Up: Corporate Soul". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 101. ISBN   978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 338.
  4. 1 2 "Marilyn Mccoo and Billy Davis: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. 19th Grammy Awards (1977) - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5149a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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  8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Don't Have to Be a Star". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  9. "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN   978-0898201550
  11. "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Billboard Hot". Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  12. Steffen Hung. "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)". charts.nz. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  13. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5502a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  14. "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. December 31, 1977. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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