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Shining Star

1980 single by The Manhattans
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Shining Star

Summary

Shining Star is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shining Star's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Shining Star followed The Way We Were[4].
  • Shining Star was produced by Leo Graham[5].
  • Shining Star was performed by The Manhattans[6].
  • Shining Star's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • Shining Star was published on April 1980[8].
  • Shining Star's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as After Midnight[9].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7d7563a1-d282-4d3d-a62e-c8ec1e7951e9[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shining Star was performed by The Manhattans[6]. It was produced by Leo Graham[5].

Publication

Shining Star was released on April 1980[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shining Star followed The Way We Were[4].

Why It Matters

Shining Star ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shining-star-q7497557_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shining Star}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shining-star-q7497557}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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