Stars on 45, known in some countries as Starsound, were a Dutch pop act that was briefly very popular in the UK, Europe and the U.S. in the early 1980s. The band consisted solely of studio session musicians under the direction of Jaap Eggermont, (formerly of Golden Earring). They popularised the medley by recreating hit songs as faithfully as possible and stringing them together with a common tempo and relentless underlying drum track. The point was to provide a danceable disco record which used familiar tunes.

The first such release, "Stars on 45 Medley", featuring songs from The Beatles, went to Number 1 in the US, and Number 2 in the UK. Several follow up records also proved highly succesful. Another release featured medleys using ABBA and Motown tracks, while a third featured medleys of The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder.

Trivia: One of their releases continues to hold the record for a #1 single with the longest name on the US Billboard charts, due to the legalities requiring each song title be listed: "Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.