Kay Starr

Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol

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Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol Review

by Tim Sendra

Kay Starr was one of the brightest singing stars of the 1940s and '50s. She could sing pop, country, blues, you name it -- and always come out swinging. This two-CD set collects 50 of her hits and great songs, including 22 tracks that have never appeared on CD before. She first recorded for Capitol from 1948 to 1954; all 25 of her hit records from this era are represented here. The rest of the tracks are from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, and include highlights like "Kay's Lament," "Oh Lonesome Me," and "I Got My Arms Open (And My Love Ready)." Anyone looking for the best of the always cool Kay Starr should begin here.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Share Croppin' Blues Ray Mayer / Willard Robison	Kay Starr	02:24	Amazon
2	You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) Billy Faber / Larry Fotine / Fred Meadows	Kay Starr	03:07	Amazon
3	So Tired Russ Morgan / Jack Stuart	Kay Starr	02:49	Amazon
4	How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies Sonny Burke	Kay Starr	03:10	Amazon
5	Bonaparte's Retreat Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart	Kay Starr	02:29	Amazon
6	Hoop-Dee-Doo Milton Delugg / Frank Loesser	Kay Starr	02:09	Amazon
7	Then You've Never Been Blue Sam M. Lewis / Ted Fio Rito / Joe Young	Kay Starr	03:06	Amazon
8	Mississippi Billy Simmons / Curley Williams	Kay Starr	02:27	Amazon
9	I'll Never Be Free Bennie Benjamin / George David Weiss	Kay Starr	02:37	Amazon
10	Oh Babe! Milt Kabak / Louis Prima	Kay Starr	02:27	Amazon
11	Everybody's Somebody's Fool Ace Adams / Lionel Hampton	Kay Starr	03:10	Amazon
12	Evenin' Mitchell Parish / Harry White	Kay Starr	03:10	Amazon
13	Noah! Joe Raposo / Hal Stanley / Irving Taylor	Kay Starr	02:44	Amazon
14	Come Back My Darling Hal Stanley / Irving Taylor	Kay Starr	02:37	Amazon
15	Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne	Kay Starr	02:30	Amazon
16	Angry Henry Brunies / Jules Cassard / Dudley Mecum	Kay Starr	02:11	Amazon
17	Come On-a-My House Ross Bagdasarian / William Saroyan	Kay Starr	02:38	Amazon
18	On a Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor Scotty Harrell / Eddie Hazelwood	Kay Starr	02:59	Amazon
19	Me Too (Ho-Ho! Ha-Ha!) Al Sherman / Charles Tobias / Harry Woods	Kay Starr	02:04	Amazon
20	I Got My Arms Open (And My Love Ready)	Kay Starr	02:27	Amazon
21	More I Cannot Wish You Frank Loesser	Kay Starr	02:54	Amazon
22	Wheel of Fortune Bennie Benjamin / George David Weiss	Kay Starr	03:05	Amazon
23	Fool, Fool, Fool Ahmet Nugetre	Kay Starr	02:15	Amazon
24	Kay's Lament Hal Stanley / Kay Starr	Kay Starr	02:21	Amazon
25	I Waited a Little Too Long Sid Miller / Donald O'Connor	Kay Starr	03:01	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Side by Side Harry Woods	Kay Starr	02:54	Amazon
2	Three Letters Billy Rose	Kay Starr	02:39	Amazon
3	Comes A-Long A-Love Al Sherman	Kay Starr	02:25	Amazon
4	Allez-Vous En Cole Porter	Kay Starr	02:37	Amazon
5	Half a Photograph B. Russell / Hal Stanley	Kay Starr	02:42	Amazon
6	Swampfire Harold Mooney	Kay Starr	02:31	Amazon
7	When My Dreamboat Comes Home Dave Franklin / David Franklin / Cliff Friend	Kay Starr	02:21	Amazon
8	Changing Partners L. Coleman / Joe Darion	Kay Starr	02:52	Amazon
9	If Anyone Finds This (I Love You) Sylvia Dee / Sidney Lippman	Kay Starr	03:08	Amazon
10	If You Love Me (Really Love Me) Edith Gassion / Marguerite Monnot / Geoffrey Parsons	Kay Starr	02:49	Amazon
11	The Man Upstairs Gerry Manners / Russ Morgan / Hal Stanley	Kay Starr	02:39	Amazon
12	Fortune in Dreams Hal Stanley	Kay Starr	02:50	Amazon
13	Toy or a Treasure	Kay Starr	02:29	Amazon
14	Well I Ask Ya Les Vandyke	Kay Starr	02:08	Amazon
15	The Rough Riders Hal Stanley / Irving Taylor	Kay Starr	03:00	Amazon
16	Four Walls George Campbell / Marvin J. Moore / Marvin Moore	Kay Starr	03:10	Amazon
17	Oh, Lonesome Me Don Gibson	Kay Starr	02:58	Amazon
18	Cherche la Rose Henri Salvador	Kay Starr	02:37	Amazon
19	Make a Circle David Saxon	Kay Starr	02:28	Amazon
20	To Each His Own Ray Evans / Jay Livingston	Kay Starr	02:26	Amazon
21	Tears and Heartaches E. Snyder	Kay Starr	02:15	Amazon
22	Old Records Merle Kilgore / Arthur Goring Thomas	Kay Starr	02:00	Amazon
23	Never Dreamed I Could Love Someone New Richard Ahlert / Eddie Snyder	Kay Starr	02:41	Amazon
24	I Know That You Know That We Know That They Know Kay Starr	Kay Starr	02:21	Amazon
25	No Regrets Hal David / Charles Dumont / Michel Vaucaire	Kay Starr	02:40	Amazon