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"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]
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
Side A of the US single
Audio
"You Don't Have to Be a Star" on YouTube

" You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) " is a song written by James Dean and John Glover and popularized 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 No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during late 1976 and early 1977. [2] It also reached No. 6 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart . [3] It would eventually be certified gold , selling over one million copies, and winning the couple a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1977. [4]

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  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. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research. p. 338.
  3. ^ a b "Marilyn Mccoo and Billy Davis: Artist Chart History" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ^ 19th Grammy Awards (1977) - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  5. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5149a ." RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5179 ." RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  7. ^ " The Irish Charts ? Search Results ? You Don't Have to Be a Star" . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2023 .
  9. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 , Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN   978-0898201550
  10. ^ "Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Billboard Hot" . Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2023 .
  11. ^ 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 .
  12. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5502a ." RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart" . Nztop40.co.nz . December 31, 1977 . Retrieved July 18, 2016 .
  14. ^ "Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts" . Uk-charts.top-source.info . Retrieved July 18, 2016 .
  15. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977" . Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved July 18, 2016 .

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