Australian singles charts:
The Star entered the Kent charts on 20 September 1969 and was a #1 hit. The song was #15 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Songwriter:
Johnny Young
Producer:
Bob Foster
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
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Wikipedia:
Ross D. Wyllie is an Australian pop music singer, television presenter and producer from the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a top 20 hit with his cover of Ray Stevens’ song Funny Man and an Australian No. 1 with The Star written by Johnny Young, both in 1969. Originally from Brisbane, he hosted Uptight, a weekly four-hour music series on Channel 0 in Melbourne from 1967 to 1969. In 1970 he followed with a similar show Happening ’70, and from 1978 to 1980 he presented films on a late-night time slot.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_D._Wyllie
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