Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. – You Don’t Have to Be a Star

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

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“You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)”

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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
GenreR&B
soul
Length4:41 (Album version)
3:40 (Single version)
LabelABC Records
SongwritersJames Dean, John Glover
ProducerDon 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
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Side A of the US single

You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)” is a song written by former Motown songwriters 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. It also reached No. 6 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart and No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. 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.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–1977)Peak
position
Australia KMR21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)3
Ireland (IRMA)8
U.S. Billboard Hot 1001
U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening6
New Zealand5
UK Singles (OCC)7

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. You Don’t Have To Be A Star (Live)

  • Captain & Tennille Show
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. You Don't Have To Be A Star on the Captain & Tennille Show 1 24 77
  • On Huckabee
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. on Huckabee You Don't Have to be a Star 7.13.19
  • MDA Telethon
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. – "You Don't Have To Be A Star" (1976) – MDA Telethon
  • The Midnight Special
You Don't Have to Be a Star to Be in My Show – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr | The Midnight Special
  • Solid Gold
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. "You Don't Have to Be a Star" on Solid Gold
  • On Sonny & Cher
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. You Don't Have to be a Star/Your Love on Sonny & Cher 2.18.77

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Rank
Australia137
Canada Top Singles (RPM)33
New Zealand37
UK98
U.S. Billboard Hot 10027

Other versions

Janet JACKSON:sings on Goodtimes(RARE)
You Don't Have to Be a Star
You Don't Have to Be a Star

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