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)" 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]

"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"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Genre
Length4:41 (Album version)
3:40 (Single version)
LabelABC 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

Personnel

Chart performance

Other versions

References
  1. Breihan, Tom (September 23, 2019). "The Number Ones: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.'s "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 1, 2023. if you were making Motown pastiche in the mid-'70s and not quite getting there, it just ended up sounding like disco.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 338.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 19th Grammy Awards (1977) - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. July 17, 2013.
  6. "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. July 17, 2013.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Don't Have to Be a Star". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-0898201550
  9. 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.
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  11. "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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