Kay Starr, the Glossary
Kay Starr (born Catherine Laverne Starks; July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016) was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s.[1]
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66 relations: ABC Records, Alzheimer's disease, American Federation of Musicians, Blue Starr, Bob Crosby, Bonaparte's Retreat, Capitol Records, Charlie Barnet, Cherokee, Choctaw, Count Basie, Country music, Dallas, Dougherty, Oklahoma, Ella Mae Morse, Frankie Laine, Glen Island Park, Glenn Miller, GNP Crescendo Records, Greenwood Publishing Group, Happy Tiger Records, Helen O'Connell, How About This, I Cry by Night, I Hear the Word, In a Blue Mood, Iroquois, Jazz, Jo Stafford, Joe Venuti, Johnnie Ray, Just Plain Country, Kay Starr: Jazz Singer, KTCK (AM), Losers, Weepers, Margaret Whiting, Marion Hutton, Memphis Music Hall of Fame, Memphis, Tennessee, Movin'!, NAMM Oral History Program, New York City, Pantheon Books, Pat Boone, Peabody Hotel, Pee Wee King, Peggy Lee, Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues, RCA Records, Rockin' with Kay, ... Expand index (16 more) »
- Glenn Miller Orchestra members
- Native American singers
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.
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American Federation of Musicians
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada.
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Blue Starr
Blue Starr is a studio album by Kay Starr.
Bob Crosby
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935.
Bonaparte's Retreat
"Bonaparte's Retreat" is the title of several related songs.
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Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.
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Charlie Barnet
Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Kay Starr and Charlie Barnet are Capitol Records artists.
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Cherokee
The Cherokee (translit, or translit) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States.
Choctaw
The Choctaw (Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi.
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Kay Starr and Count Basie are RCA Victor artists.
Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Dougherty, Oklahoma
Dougherty is a town in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.
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Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll. Kay Starr and Ella Mae Morse are American jazz singers, American women jazz singers and Capitol Records artists.
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Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Kay Starr and Frankie Laine are American jazz singers, American torch singers and traditional pop music singers.
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Glen Island Park
Glen Island Park is a waterfront park, located on Glen Island, on the Long Island Sound, New York.
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Glenn Miller
Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904; disappeared December 15, 1944; declared dead December 16, 1945) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. Kay Starr and Glenn Miller are Glenn Miller Orchestra members and RCA Victor artists.
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GNP Crescendo Records
GNP Crescendo Record Co. is an independent record label founded in 1954 by Gene Norman (né Eugene Abraham Nabatoff; 1922–2015).
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Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.
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Happy Tiger Records
Happy Tiger Records was an independent American record label that was owned by the Flying Tiger Line air freight company.
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Helen O'Connell
Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s". Kay Starr and Helen O'Connell are big band singers, Capitol Records artists, RCA Victor artists and traditional pop music singers.
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How About This
How About This is an album by vocalist Kay Starr and pianist and bandleader Count Basie, released in 1969 by the Paramount Records label.
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I Cry by Night
I Cry by Night is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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I Hear the Word
I Hear the Word is a studio album of inspirational songs by Kay Starr.
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In a Blue Mood
In a Blue Mood is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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Iroquois
The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jo Stafford
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Kay Starr and Jo Stafford are American jazz singers, American torch singers, American women jazz singers, Capitol Records artists and traditional pop music singers.
Joe Venuti
Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.
Johnnie Ray
John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Kay Starr and Johnnie Ray are American jazz singers and traditional pop music singers.
Just Plain Country
Just Plain Country is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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Kay Starr: Jazz Singer
Kay Starr: Jazz Singer is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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KTCK (AM)
KTCK (1310 kHz; "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") is a commercial sports AM radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, which serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW).
Losers, Weepers
Losers, Weepers is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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Margaret Whiting
Margaret Eleanor Whiting (July 22, 1924 – January 10, 2011) was an American popular music and country music singer who gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Kay Starr and Margaret Whiting are American jazz singers, American women jazz singers, Capitol Records artists and traditional pop music singers.
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Marion Hutton
Marion Hutton (born Marion Thornburg; March 10, 1919 – January 10, 1987) was an American singer and actress. Kay Starr and Marion Hutton are big band singers and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.
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Memphis Music Hall of Fame
The Memphis Music Hall of Fame, located in Memphis, Tennessee, honors Memphis musicians for their lifetime achievements in music.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Movin'!
Movin'! is a studio album by Kay Starr.
NAMM Oral History Program
The NAMM Oral History Program is an oral history project and archive of recordings of interviews with people from all aspects of the music products industry, including music instrument retailers, musical instrument and product creators, suppliers and sales representatives, music educators and advocates, publishers, live sound and recording pioneers, innovators, founders, and musicians.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint.
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Pat Boone
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and composer. Kay Starr and Pat Boone are traditional pop music singers.
Peabody Hotel
The Peabody Memphis is a historic luxury hotel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, opened in 1925.
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Pee Wee King
Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "Tennessee Waltz". Kay Starr and Pee Wee King are RCA Victor artists.
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Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. Kay Starr and Peggy Lee are American jazz singers, American torch singers, American women jazz singers, big band singers, Capitol Records artists and traditional pop music singers.
Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues is a 2001 album by Tony Bennett featuring duets with notable vocalists.
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RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
Rockin' with Kay
Rockin' with Kay is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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Roy Acuff
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter.
Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Kay Starr and Spike Jones are RCA Victor artists.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Kay Starr Style
The Kay Starr Style is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The One, The Only Kay Starr
The One, The Only Kay Starr is a studio album by Kay Starr.
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Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. Kay Starr and Tony Bennett are American jazz singers, American torch singers, big band singers and traditional pop music singers.
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Traditional pop
Traditional pop (also known as classic pop and pre-rock and roll pop) is Western pop music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.
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University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
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Vic Schoen
Victor Clarence Schoen (March 26, 1916 – January 5, 2000) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer whose career spanned from the 1930s until his death in 2000.
Western swing
Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands.
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Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)
"Wheel of Fortune" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1951.
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Wingy Manone
Joseph Matthews "Wingy" Manone (February 13, 1900 – July 9, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader.
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WREC
WREC (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Memphis, Tennessee.
(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag
"(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag" is a Christmas song written in 1950 by Irving Taylor, Dudley Brooks, and Hal Stanley.
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(The) Rock and Roll Waltz
"(The) Rock and Roll Waltz" is a popular song with music by Shorty Allen and lyrics by Roy Alfred in 1955, although the original copyright assigned the lyrics to Alfred's mother, Jeanne, under the pseudonym 'Dick Ware'.
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See also
Glenn Miller Orchestra members
- Al Klink
- Alan Copeland
- Allan Reuss
- Babe Russin
- Bill Finegan
- Billy May
- Bobby Hackett
- Bunny Berigan
- Chummy MacGregor
- Clyde Hurley
- Doc Goldberg
- Ernie Caceres
- Glenn Miller
- Hal McIntyre
- Harry Warren
- Jack Lathrop
- Jerry Gray (arranger)
- Jerry Jerome (saxophonist)
- Johnny Austin
- Johnny Best
- Kay Starr
- Lou Mucci
- Mack Gordon
- Marion Hutton
- Maurice Purtill
- Nat Peck
- Paul Tanner
- Paula Kelly (singer)
- Ray Anthony
- Ray Eberle
- Skip Martin
- Tex Beneke
- The Modernaires
- Trigger Alpert
- Wilbur Schwartz
- Zeke Zarchy
Native American singers
- Arigon Starr
- Atalie Unkalunt
- Barbara McAlister (mezzo-soprano)
- Brooke Simpson
- Buddy Red Bow
- Cary Morin
- Chesley Goseyun Wilson
- Chuck Billy
- Debora Iyall
- Esther Louise Georgette Deer
- Fernando Librado
- Gen Huit
- Georgia Wettlin Larsen
- Greg Grey Cloud
- Hote' Casella
- Irene Eastman
- Jana Mashonee
- Jayanthi Kyle
- Jim Pepper
- Joanne Shenandoah
- John West (musician)
- Katherine Neal Simmons
- Katherine Paul
- Kay Starr
- Keely Smith
- Kenny Rogers
- Kiawentiio
- Laura Ortman
- Mildred Bailey
- Nedra Talley
- Quinn Christopherson
- Radmilla Cody
- Scott Bighorse
- Steve Thoreson
- Trixie Mattel
- Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone
- Ysabella Brave
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr
Also known as Angry (Kay Starr song), Katherine Laverne Starks, Katherine Starks, Katheryn Starks, Kay Star.
, Roy Acuff, Spike Jones, The Guardian, The Kay Starr Style, The New York Times, The One, The Only Kay Starr, Tony Bennett, Traditional pop, University of Oklahoma, Vic Schoen, Western swing, Wheel of Fortune (1951 song), Wingy Manone, WREC, (Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag, (The) Rock and Roll Waltz.