Possible Clues:

• 'Holding Out for ___' (1984 Bonnie Tyler hit)
• "Billy, Don't Be ---"
• Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair: A Novel Without ___'
• "Billy Don't Be ___" (1974 hit song)
• "Don't try to be __"
• 'Don't be ___'
• 'No man is to his valet' --
• 'Billy, Don't Be --' (1974 pop hit)
• “Holding Out for ___” (Bonnie Tyler song)
• "Don't try to be ___"