Josephine Superstar

{{Infobox album

| name = Josephine Superstar

| type = studio

| artist = Phylicia Allen

| cover = Josephine Superstar.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Album cover, featuring Phylicia Rashad

| released = {{start date|1978|08|05|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = Can't Stop Productions, Inc., 65 East 55th Street, New York City

| genre = Disco music

| length = {{duration|m=32|s=05}}

| label = Casablanca Records

| producer = Jacques Morali & Henri Belolo

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| misc = {{Singles

| name = Josephine Superstar

| type = studio

| single1 = Colors (A Side) / Josephine Superstar (B Side)

| single1date = 1979 in Mexico{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13191940-Phylicia-Allen-Colors?srsltid=AfmBOooQUUYe9X8gxtA-87W3JgHZBo7phWOxtfPd5lfrW3yUWxwi89fA|title=Colors Discography on Discogs|website=Discogs }}

| single1label = RCA Victor

}}

}}

Josephine Superstar is a disco concept album by Phylicia Rashad, released by Casablanca Records in 1978.{{Cite book |last=Harris |first=Larry Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewwI7AUeb2oC&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PA282 |title=And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records |date=2009 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-982-4 |language=en |quote=Catalog #: NBLP7108. Album: Josephine Superstar. Artist: Phylicia Allen.}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4aAQAAMAAJ&q=%22josephine+superstar%22 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: Commercial prints and labels. Part 11B |date=1978 |publisher=Library of Congress, Copyright Office |language=en }}{{Cite book |last=Aletti |first=Vince |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSAKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22josephine+superstar%22 |title=The Disco Files 1973-78: New York's Underground, Week by Week |date=2009 |publisher=DJhistory.com |isbn=978-0-9561896-0-8 |language=en |quote=Phylicia Allen's musical biography of Josephine Baker, "Josephine Superstar" (Casablanca)}} It is a musical biography, dedicated to Josephine Baker,{{Cite book |last=Aletti |first=Vince |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSAKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22josephine+superstar%22 |title=The Disco Files 1973-78: New York's Underground, Week by Week |date=2009 |publisher=DJhistory.com |isbn=978-0-9561896-0-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Jordan |first=John H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTwLAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PA439 |title=Black Americans 17th Century to 21st Century |date=November 2013 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |isbn=978-1-4907-1732-6 |pages=439 |language=en |quote=In 1978, she released the album Josephine Superstar, a disco Concept album telling the life story of Josephine Baker.}} detailing Baker's life as she runs away from home and finds fame and love in St. Louis, Broadway, and eventually Paris.{{Cite book |last=Jeffery |first=Alex |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd0sEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PA18 |title=Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time |date=2021-05-06 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-5548-6 |language=en |quote=Curiously, Morali's 1978 concept album about Josephine Baker (Josephine Superstar, sung by later Cosby show star Phylicia Allen) charts the reverse march eastwards [as compared to Village People's Go West], as Baker passes through "St. Louis" and "Broadway," en route to success and infamy in Paris.}}It was performed by American actress Phylicia Rashad, and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PT47 |title=Billboard |date=1978-09-16 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |volume=90 #37 |language=en}}

It was Rashad's only album, and was created during Rashad's brief marriage to Village People lead vocalist Victor Willis.{{Cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hT86CQAAQBAJ&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PT270 |title=Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco |date=2015-06-23 |publisher=Macmillan + ORM |isbn=978-1-4668-9412-9 |language=en}}

Village People{{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Randy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpDDEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22josephine+superstar%22&pg=PA91 |title=Macho Man: The Disco Era and Gay America's Coming Out |last2=Bego |first2=Mark |date=2008-12-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-275-99963-6 |pages=91–92 |language=en |quote=During Victor and Phylicia's short marriage, from 1978-80, Phylicia actually recorded an album, Josephine Superstar, for which Village People contributed background vocals. She also was the opening act for several of the early Village People concerts.}} and The Ritchie Family{{Citation |title=Phylicia Allen - Josephine Superstar |date=1978 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/204215-Phylicia-Allen-Josephine-Superstar |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en}} contributed background vocals.