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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.

Entered Sep 11, 1976 · 26 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 5, 1977

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Record Power
45.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
1 week there · Jan 8, 1977
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
26
September 1976 – March 1977

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Marilyn McCooprimary50%22.7
Billy Davis, Jr.primary50%22.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 8, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
  2. #2You Make Me Feel Like DancingLeo Sayer
  3. #3Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)Rod Stewart
  4. #4I WishStevie Wonder
  5. #5Car WashRose Royce
  6. #6Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordElton John
  7. #7DazzBrick
  8. #8The Rubberband ManThe Spinners
  9. #9After The LovinEngelbert Humperdinck
  10. #10Stand TallBurton Cummings

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