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)

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

1976 single by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr

"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.[3] It also reached No. 6 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] 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.[5] The song was produced by Detroiter Don Davis, who had written and produced the first platinum single awarded by Billboard for the Johnny Taylor hit, "Disco Lady."

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