
Cat. No. 2915E: KAY STARR ~ THE MAGIC OF KAY STARR. EMI 7243 8 57012 2 1.
25 ORIGINAL RECORDINGS.
KAY STARR (CATHERINE LAVERNE STARKS) ENJOYED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN THE LATE 1940s AND 1950s. KAY PERFORMED MULTIPLE GENRES, SUCH AS POP, JAZZ AND COUNTRY, BUT HER ROOTS WERE IN JAZZ AND MOST OF HER SONGS HAD JAZZ INFLUENCES. LIKE FRANKIE LAINE AND JOHNNIE RAY, THEY WERE SUNG IN A STYLE THAT ANTICIPATED ROCK AND ROLL SONGS. KAY IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HER 1955 HIT ON RCA VICTOR, "ROCK AND WALTZ".
TRACK LISTING: Comes A-Long A-Love / Side By Side / Changing Partners / Am I A Toy Or A Treasure / Crazy / Going To Chicago Blues / Half A Photograph / I Love Paris / I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town / If You Love Me Really Love / It Had To Be You / Lazy River / Lovesick Blues / More Than You Know / Nevertheless I'm In Love With You / On A Slow Boat To China / P.S. I Love You / Rock And Roll Waltz / Singing The Blues / Wheel Of Fortune / You're Just In Love / When A Woman Loves A Man / I'll Always Be In Love With You / Fool Fool Fool / Allez Vous En (Go Away).
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