"They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" is a 1944 song by

Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 a ...

. The song was the most successful release for Tillman, on the charts peaking at number one on the Juke Box Folk Records for one week.

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1944 songs 1944 singles Song articles with missing songwriters Floyd Tillman songs {{1940s-country-song-stub