Track Listing

1. St. Louis Blues
2. I Cried for You
3. Sunday
4. Just About Right for Me
5. Stormy Weather
6. Who's Foolin' Who?
7. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
8. Sweet Lorraine
9. Stardust
10. After You've Gone
11. Frying Pan (A Blues Sketch)
12. All of Me
13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
14. Where or When
15. Honeysuckle Rose
16. Riffin' the Scotch
17. Love Me or Leave Me
18. Sunday [Alternate Take]
19. Memphis Blues [*]
20. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [*]
21. I Can't Get Started [*]
22. Trolley Song [*]
23. Very Thought of You [*]
24. Honeysuckle Rose [*]
25. Sunday Kind of Love [*]
26. Them There Eyes [*]
27. Garbage Can Blues [*]
28. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [Alternate Take][*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173551 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-09
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Responsible and sensitive restoration of Starr's jazz side
I was drawn to look up Kay Starr when reading Gary Giddin's A STARR IS REBORN in READING JAZZ (ed. R. Gottlieb) Pantheon Books,NY,1996 which I recommend as one of the great compilations of jazz writing bar none. I vaguely recalled her from the 50's with hits such as "Wheel of Fortune". Of course, that was music which was very unhip to a teenager exploring the whole gamut of great American jazz from Wingy Manone to Dizzy Gillespie. But at Mr Giddin's recommendation I took the plunge and my investigations dug up this gem of a CD. There is some truth in the dictum that one can often judge an artist by the company she keeps. Some of Ms Starr's company on this CD includes Barney Bigard (18 tracks) Bob Crosby, Irving Fazola, Wingy Manone, Charlie Barnet, Barney Kessel(7 tracks)all of them respective masters. Highlights on the CD, and there are many, include a vocal duet with Wingy Manone on "If I could BeWith You"; "I Can't Get Started" which I swear rivals that of Bunny Berigan;"All of Me", which has backing by Barney Bigard and Vic Dickenson on trombone(mute); and "Where of When", where Ms Starr reveals her sensitive poignant side backed by the beautiful chalumeau sound of Mr Bigard's clarinet. Ms Starr brings to life with great interpretations some of the best of the American Songbook backed by some of the best jazz musicians in the business at the time. Geat value for money CD.

Discover the jazz singer KAY STARR...
These red hot jazz sides by Kay Starr were recorded in the 30's & 40's before she became a pop star, here she is a true jazz singer singing jazz and swing standards backed by some great small groups... This is pre WHEEL A FORTUNE Kay Starr, swingin', improvising, and having fun with the likes of Barney Bigard, Wingy Manone, Bob Crosby and many other hot musicians. Highly recommended. GREAT SOUND QUALITY

I bought five Kay Starr CDs...
...and this is (by far) my favorite. It's a collection of singles from early in Starr's career, mostly recorded when she was 23 and 24 years old. Her vocal style was different then, very bluesy, very Memphis, and she is helped by a few excellent mid-1940s swing bands. The results sound like a lost (and very magical) Billie Holiday album, an upbeat one at that. Great song choices, many standards. This album is a real discovery.