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Released on Time–Life Music, also He Loves Me All the Way (Tammy Wynette), Magnet and Steel (Walter Egan) and Ebony Eyes (The Everly Brothers)
Written by James Dean, also What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Jimmy Ruffin), Just the Memories (Nicki Minaj) and Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do (Tom Jones)
Part of Sounds of the Seventies: The Late ’70s, also Magnet and Steel (Walter Egan)
Released on Warner Special Products, also Sixteen Reasons (Connie Stevens), My Baby Don’t Love Me (John Lee Hooker) and Magnet and Steel (Walter Egan)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
James Dean wrote 12 songs on fono
James Dean’s most frequent co-writer is John Glover (5 songs together)
James Dean first appears on fono in 1966, 27 years before this song
John Glover first appears on fono in 1975, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- James Dean and John Glover
- Released on
- Time–Life Music and Warner Special Products
- Written by
- James Dean and John Glover
- Released on
- Time–Life Music and Warner Special Products
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: James Dean
Same writer: John Glover
Same label: Time–Life Music
Same release: Sounds of the Seventies: The Late ’70s
Same label: Warner Special Products
Same writer: John Glover
Same label: Warner Special Products
Same writer: John Glover
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1MusicBrainz You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was written by James Dean
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was written by James Dean
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2MusicBrainz You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was written by John Glover
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was written by John Glover
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3MusicBrainz You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) is part of the release Sounds of the Seventies: The Late ’70s
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) is part of the release Sounds of the Seventies: The Late ’70s
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Time–Life Music is the label of the song You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)
Time–Life Music is the label of the song You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)
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5MusicBrainz Warner Special Products is the label of the song You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)
Warner Special Products is the label of the song You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)
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6MusicBrainz You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was released on 1993
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) was released on 1993
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026