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)"
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"
Released	September 1976
Genre	R&B [1] soul [2]
Length	4:41 (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
Side A of the US single

Weekly charts Chart (1976–1977) Peak position Australia KMR 21 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 1 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [7] 3 Ireland (IRMA) [8] 8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [9] [10] 1 U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul [11] [3] 1 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [ citation needed ] 6 New Zealand [12] 5 UK Singles (OCC) [4] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Rank Australia 137 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [13] 33 New Zealand [14] 37 UK [15] 98 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [16] 27

Other versions

• Geri Reischl and Barry Williams performed the song in a 1977 episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour .
• In 1978, Ralph Carter and Janet Jackson performed it in the Season 5 finale of the CBS sitcom Good Times . At the time, Carter and Jackson were 16 and 11 years old, respectively.

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. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 338.
4. "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.
7. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5179." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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.
15. "Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
16. "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

External links

• Lyrics of this song