Kay Starr discography
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The discography of American singer Kay Starr contains 18 studio albums, 18 compilation albums, one live album, 87 singles, 12 other charting songs and one additional album appearance. Starr's first singles were released in collaboration with the Ben Pollack Orchestra. She signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and had her first chart record in 1948 with "You Were Only Foolin' (While I Was Fallin' in Love)". It reached number 16 on the American Billboard pop music chart. It was followed the same year by her first top ten pop single "So Tired". In 1950, "Bonaparte's Retreat" reached the top five of the Billboard pop chart. Starr reached the top five again with "Hoop-Dee-Doo" and "I'll Never Be Free" (a collaboration with Tennessee Ernie Ford).
| Kay Starr discography | |
|---|---|
Kay Starr, 1962. | |
| Studio albums | 18 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 18 |
| Singles | 87 |
| Other charted songs | 12 |
| Album appearances | 1 |
In 1952, the single "Wheel of Fortune" topped the American pop chart and climbed to number two on the Australian Kent Music Report pop survey. Between 1952 and 1953, Starr had top ten singles with "Comes A-Long A-Love", "Side by Side", "Half a Photograph", "Changing Partners" and "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)". These songs also reached top positions in Australia and the United Kingdom. Notably, "Comes A-Long A-Love" topped the UK Singles Chart in 1952. In 1955, Starr moved to RCA Victor and topped the American, Australian and British charts with the single "The Rock and Roll Waltz". The same year, Starr's debut studio album was released on Capitol titled The Kay Starr Style. Yet, RCA Victor issued four studio albums of her recordings including Blue Starr (1957) and Rockin' with Kay (1957). In 1957, the single "My Heart Reminds Me" reached the top ten of the Billboard pop chart.
Starr returned to Capitol Records in 1959 and the label soon released the studio album Movin'!, which reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart. The following year, Capitol released three studio albums of her material: Losers, Weepers, Movin' on Broadway! and Kay Starr: Jazz Singer. The next year a country album was released titled Just Plain Country, which featured the charting single "Four Walls". Other charting singles of this period included "Foolin' Around" and a solo version of "I'll Never Be Free". In 1966, Starr made the Billboard adult contemporary chart for the first time "Tears and Heartaches". A corresponding album appeared on Capitol in 1966. Starr continued recording for various labels through the 1980s. This included a collaboration with Count Basie and a live album in the 1980s.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| The Kay Starr Style | — | |
| In a Blue Mood |
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| The One, The Only Kay Starr |
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| Blue Starr |
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| Rockin' with Kay |
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| I Hear the Word |
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| Movin'! |
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| Losers, Weepers |
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| Movin' on Broadway![2] |
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| Kay Starr: Jazz Singer |
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| Just Plain Country |
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| I Cry by Night |
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| Tears and Heartaches/Old Records[3] |
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| When the Lights Go on Again[4] |
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| How About This (with Count Basie) |
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| Kay Starr Country[5] |
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| Back to the Roots[6] |
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| Kay Starr[7] |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Songs by Kay Starr[8] |
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| The Hits of Kay Starr[9] |
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| Swingin' with the Starr |
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| Kay Starr[10] |
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| All Starr Hits[11] |
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| One More Time |
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| Kay Starr's Again[12] |
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| Kay Starr[13] |
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| Pure Gold[14] |
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| 20 Golden Greats[15] |
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| Wheel of Fortune & Other Hits[16] |
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| Capitol Collectors Series[17] | |
| Greatest Hits[18] |
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| Spotlight on Kay Starr (Great Ladies of Song)[19] |
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| Kay Starr Sings Standards[20] |
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| The RCA Years[21] |
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| Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol[22] |
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| The Ultimate Collection[23] |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at Freddy's[24] |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [25][26] |
US AC [27] |
AUS [28] |
UK [1][29] | |||
| "Honey" (with Ben Pollack Orchestra)[30] | 1945 | — | — | — | — | N/a |
| "Should I" (with Ben Pollack Orchestra)[31] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "After You're Gone" (with the Lantern Five)[32] | 1946 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" (with the Lantern Five)[33] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Share Croppin' Blues"[34] | 1947 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Then I'll Be Tired of You"[35] | 1948 | — | — | — | — | |
| "You've Got to See Your Mama Every Night"[36] | — | — | — | — | Songs by Kay Starr | |
| "Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddled in Your Arms)"[37] |
— | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "Many Happy Returns of the Day"[38] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)" |
16 | — | — | — | ||
| "Please Love Me"[39] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "So Tired" | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| "You Broke Your Promise"[40] | 1949 | — | — | — | — | |
| "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies" | 28 | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm Oh So Lonesome Tonight"[41] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Wish I Had a Wishbone"[42] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ya Gotta Buy, Buy, Buy, For Baby"[43] | — | — | — | — | Songs by Kay Starr | |
| "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone"[44] | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "Stormy Weather"[45] | 1950 | — | — | — | — | N/a |
| "Flow Gently Sweet Afton"[46] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bonaparte's Retreat" | 4 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Hoop-Dee-Doo" | 2 | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Mississippi" | 18 | — | 7 | — | ||
| "I'll Never Be Free" (with Tennessee Ernie Ford) | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| "The Texas Song"[47] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Honeymoon"[48] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes"[49] | — | — | — | — | Songs by Kay Starr | |
| "(Everybody's Waitin' For) the Man with the Bag"[50] | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "Oh Babe" | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| "Lovesick Blues"[51] | 1951 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Come Back My Darling"[52] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ocean of Tears" (with Tennessee Ernie Ford) | 15 | — | 19 | — | ||
| "Come On-a My House" | 8 | — | 8 | — | ||
| "Angry" | 26 | — | — | — | ||
| "On a Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor"[53] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "So Help Me"[54] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wheel of Fortune" | 1952 | 1 | — | 2 | — | The Hits of Kay Starr |
| "I Waited a Little Too Long" | 20 | — | 13 | — | ||
| "Fool, Fool, Fool" | 13 | — | — | — | ||
| "Comes A-Long A-Love" | 9 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| "Side by Side" | 1953 | 3 | — | 6 | 7 | The Kay Starr Style |
| "Half a Photograph" | 7 | — | 12 | — | The Hits of Kay Starr | |
| "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" | 18 | — | — | — | The Kay Starr Style | |
| "Changing Partners" | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | N/a | |
| "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" | 1954 | 4 | — | 13 | — | The Hits of Kay Starr |
| "Fortune in Dreams" | 17 | — | — | — | ||
| "If Anyone Finds This, I Love You"[55] | 1955 | — | — | — | — | N/a |
| "Foolishly Yours"[56] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Good and Lonesome" | 17 | — | — | — | ||
| "Without a Song"[57] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Rock and Roll Waltz" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Second Fiddle" | 1956 | 40 | — | — | — | |
| "The Good Book" | 89 | — | — | — | ||
| "Touch and Go"[58] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Jamie Boy" | 1957 | 54 | — | — | — | |
| "My Heart Reminds Me" | 9 | — | 15 | — | ||
| "Help Me"[59] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rockin' Chair"[60] | 1958 | — | — | — | — | Rockin' with Kay |
| "Voodoo Man"[61] | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "He Cha Cha'd In"[62] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Couldn't Care Less"[63] | 1959 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Riders in the Sky"[64] | — | — | — | — | Movin'! | |
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love"[65] | 1960 | — | — | — | — | Losers Weepers |
| "Just for a Thrill"[66] | — | — | — | — | All Starr Hits! | |
| "Foolin' Around" | 1961 | 49 | — | 84 | — | N/a |
| "I'll Never Be Free" | 94 | — | — | — | ||
| "Well I Ask Ya"[67] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Four Walls" | 1962 | 92 | — | — | — | Just Plain Country |
| "Bossa Nova Casanova"[68] | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "No Regrets"[69] | 1963 | — | — | — | — | |
| "To Each His Own"[70] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dancing on My Tears"[71] | 1964 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Friends"[72] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Look on the Brighter Side"[73] | 1965 | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Forgot to Forget"[74] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Never Dreamed I Could Love Someone New"[75] | — | — | — | — | Tears and Heartaches/Old Records | |
| "Tears and Heartaches" | 1966 | — | 19 | — | — | |
| "When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)" | 1967 | — | 24 | — | — | When the Lights Go on Again |
| "Some Sweet Tomorrow"[76] | 1968 | — | — | — | — | |
| "12th Street Marching Band"[77] | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| "Knock, Knock Who's There?"[78] | 1970 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Rangers Waltz"[79] | 1973 | — | — | — | — | Kay Starr Country |
| "New Frankie and Johnny"[80] | 1974 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Something's Missing"[81] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry"[82] | 1975 | — | — | — | — | Back to the Roots |
| "Nickelodeon Rag"[83] | 1981 | — | — | — | — | Kay Starr |
| "The Feeling Doesn't Go Away"[84] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [25][26] |
US AC [27] |
US Cou. [85] |
AUS [28] |
UK [1][29] | ||||
| "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" (with Tennessee Ernie Ford) |
1950 | 22 | — | 5 | — | — | N/a | [a] |
| "You're My Sugar" (with Tennessee Ernie Ford) |
1952 | 22 | — | — | — | — | [b] | |
| "Three Letters" | 22 | — | — | — | — | [c] | ||
| "Allez-Vous-En" | 1953 | 11 | — | — | — | — | The Hits of Kay Starr | [d] |
| "Swamp Fire" | 30 | — | — | — | — | One More Time | [e] | |
| "The Man Upstairs" | 1954 | 7 | — | — | — | — | The Hits of Kay Starr | [f] |
| "Am I a Toy or a Treasure" | 22 | — | — | — | 17 | N/a | [g] | |
| "I've Changed My Mind a Thousand Times" | 1956 | 73 | — | — | — | — | [h] | |
| "Love Ain't Right" | 89 | — | — | — | — | [i] | ||
| "Things I Never Had" | 89 | — | — | — | — | [j] | ||
| "(I Don't Care) Only Love Me" | 1959 | — | — | — | 7 | — | [k] | |
| "Old Records" | 1966 | — | 26 | — | — | — | Tears and Heartaches/Old Records | [l] |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Other album appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Blue and Sentimental" | 2001 | Tony Bennett | Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues | [98] |
Notes
- B-side to the single "I'll Never Be Free".[86]
- B-side to the single "Comes A-Long A-Love".[88]
- B-side to the single "Half a Photograph".[89]
- B-side to the single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)".[91]
- B-side to the single "The Rock and Roll Waltz".[93]