Kay Starr

Kay Starr 1922年出生于俄克拉何馬州，其早期的作品往往沒有太大的亮點而被人遺忘，五十年代Kay Starr是第一批傳統(tǒng)流行歌手，“命運之輪”可以說是其當時的代表作。 1948年Kay Starr 事業(yè)上獲得了重大的突破："You Were Only Foolin"（當我墜入愛河），隨后又推出了"Hoop-Dee-Doo," "Oh, Babe!" (哦，寶貝)和 "I'll Never Be Free"(我決不會自由)。1952年， “命運之輪”是她一張非常重要的專輯。1955年，滑稽的“搖滾”圓舞曲連續(xù)數(shù)周排名第一，到60年代，她已經(jīng)開始把更多精力集中在表演。 by John Bush
A solid jazz singer whose early recordings tended to be forgotten after her ascendancy into the commercial sphere during the mid-'50s, Kay Starr was among the first pop singer to capitalize on the "rock fad" with her 1955 novelty "Rock and Roll Waltz." Her biggest hit came with the era-defining "Wheel of Fortune," a prime slice of '50s adult pop with a suitably brassy reading. Born in Oklahoma, she moved to Dallas at a young age and made her debut on radio while still in school. A brief stay with Glenn Miller & His Orchestra precipitated her working with groups led by Bob Crosby, Joe Venuti and finally Charlie Barnet. She recorded a few numbers with Barnet that earned her a solo contract with Capitol.
By 1948, Starr made her Your Hit Parade breakthrough with "You Were Only Foolin' (While I Was Falling in Love)." Subsequent hits like "Hoop-Dee-Doo," "Oh, Babe!" and "I'll Never Be Free" (the latter with Tennessee Ernie Ford) framed her in an emerging vein of the popular market that also looked back to traditional country and folk. In 1952, "Wheel of Fortune" became her biggest hit and one of the signature songs of the '50s pop sound. She struggled to reach a similar chart peak for several years afterwards, though "Comes A-Long A-Love" topped the British charts. With her move to RCA in 1955, though the comical "Rock and Roll Waltz" spent several weeks at number one. It was her last major hit, followed by just one additional Top Ten entry, 1957's "My Heart Reminds Me." By the 1960s, she had begun to concentrate more on performing (especially in Las Vegas) than recording, despite moving back to Capitol in 1961. In the '90s, she played several oldies packages, including the 3 Girls 3 tour with Helen O'Connell and Margaret Whiting.