"The Star You Wished Upon Last Night" was composed by Jimmy McHugh and Buddy Kaye.
Gisele Mackenzie sang lead on both sides, and the backing was provided by Richard Maltby and His Orchestra.
[1] The single had a review in the This Week's Best Buys section of the November 24 issue of The Billboard.
Since it was released it had made good progress, but in the last ten days prior to the review, it had gathered some great momentum.
[12] Nick Noble's version of "The Star You Wished Upon Last Night" was backed with "You Don’t Know What Love Is" and released on Mercury 70981 in 1956.
[13] Jeannie Carson recorded a version of the song which was released on Decca 3113 in 1956.