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Kay Starr Collection

Remembered as one of the earliest female country swing artists, Kay Starr appeared on episodes of The Great Gildersleeve, and was a regular Thursday night guest on The Chesterfield Supper Club.

Kay Starr

21 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 9 hours, 1491 min)
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"Chesterfield Supper with Kay Starr"



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Kay Starr
(1922 – 2016)

Kay Starr

Some great singers performing at an early age as part of church services, and others at family gatherings. Kay Starr began singing in the backyard ffor the family chickens!

Kay StarrIt wasn't recorded if Kay's singing had any effect on egg production, but an aunt was impressed enough to arrange for Kay to appear on Dallas radio and make the talent show circuit. By the age of ten she had a 15 minute show singing pop and "hillbilly" songs, and making $3 a night; not bad at all for a pre-teen during the depression!

Kay stayed with radio performing when the family moved to Memphis in 1935. When she was 15 the Joe Venuti orchestra was contracted to appear at a Memphis hotel with their female vocalist. They didn't have a female vocalist, but when they heard Kay on the radio and asked her to join them. Because she was still in junior high, her parents insisted on a midnight curfew. She stayed mostly with Venuti for the nest few years, but did have short gigs with Bob Crosby and Glenn Miller.

After high school Kay moved to Los Angeles, where she became part of Capitol Records' stable of girl singers. Because the record label was preparing for a possible musicians strike, they kept the female singers busy building a back-log of unreleased material, but Kay was junior enough that she was forced to record "the left-overs", mostly older material from years past. She returned to her native Oklahoma around 1950 and heard a recording of Bonaparte's Retreat played on fiddle. The tune delighted her enough that she contacted Roy Acuff directly. There was some miscommunication while she convinced Acuff that she was a singer, not a fiddler, and that a new lyrics would have to be written, but eventually the song became one of Starr's earliest hits. She also had a hit with The Rock and Roll Waltz.

Kay Starr is largely remembered as one of the earliest female country swing artists, but she also appeared on a few episodes of The Great Gildersleeve, and she was a regular Thursday night guest on The Chesterfield Supper Club.

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    21 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 9 hours, 1491 min
    21 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 9 hours, 1491 min
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    1. 21 shows – total playtime 9 hours, 24 minutes
    2. Chesterfield Show 520423 104 Guest Kay Starr Bell Sisters.mp3
    3. Chesterfield Supper Club 490623.mp3
    4. Chesterfield Supper Club 490630.mp3
    5. Chesterfield Supper Club 491124 Thanksgiving Show.mp3
    6. Cp 460307 214 Ginger Rogers Burl Ives Kay Starr.mp3
    7. Cp 481130 353 Vincent Price Kay Starr Joan Davis.mp3
    8. Glenn Miller 390724 Glenn Island Casino.mp3
    9. Glenn Miller 390726 Glen Island Casino.mp3
    10. Great Gildersleeve 490525 329 Gildy Sues Bullard.mp3
    11. Great Gildersleeve 490601 330 Folk Dancing Class.mp3
    12. Guest Star 491002 0132 Great Day.mp3
    13. Guest Star Radio 325 Kay Starr.mp3
    14. Jubilee 470110 204 Guest Cliff Lang Kay Starr.mp3
    15. Jubilee 471227 254 Guest Benny Carter Benny Goodman.mp3
    16. Jubilee 480103 255 Guest Earl Spencer Aho Kaye Starr.mp3
    17. Jubilee 480305 264 Guest Jimmy Zito Kay Starr.mp3
    18. Music Depreciation 450401 22 Parisian Market.mp3
    19. Philco Radio Time 481117 080 Kay Starr.mp3
    20. Philco Radio Time 481208 083 Morton Downey And Kay Starr.mp3
    21. Philco Radio Time 490216 093 Bob Burns And Kay Starr.mp3
    22. Philco Radio Time 490406 100 Jimmy Stewart And Kay Starr.mp3
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    21 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 9 hours, 1491 min
    21 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    259 MB – total playtime 9 hours, 24 min
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    1. 21 shows – 259 MB – total playtime 9 hours, 24 minutes
    2. Chesterfield Show 520423 104 Guest Kay Starr Bell Sisters.mp3
    3. Chesterfield Supper Club 490623.mp3
    4. Chesterfield Supper Club 490630.mp3
    5. Chesterfield Supper Club 491124 Thanksgiving Show.mp3
    6. Cp 460307 214 Ginger Rogers Burl Ives Kay Starr.mp3
    7. Cp 481130 353 Vincent Price Kay Starr Joan Davis.mp3
    8. Glenn Miller 390724 Glenn Island Casino.mp3
    9. Glenn Miller 390726 Glen Island Casino.mp3
    10. Great Gildersleeve 490525 329 Gildy Sues Bullard.mp3
    11. Great Gildersleeve 490601 330 Folk Dancing Class.mp3
    12. Guest Star 491002 0132 Great Day.mp3
    13. Guest Star Radio 325 Kay Starr.mp3
    14. Jubilee 470110 204 Guest Cliff Lang Kay Starr.mp3
    15. Jubilee 471227 254 Guest Benny Carter Benny Goodman.mp3
    16. Jubilee 480103 255 Guest Earl Spencer Aho Kaye Starr.mp3
    17. Jubilee 480305 264 Guest Jimmy Zito Kay Starr.mp3
    18. Music Depreciation 450401 22 Parisian Market.mp3
    19. Philco Radio Time 481117 080 Kay Starr.mp3
    20. Philco Radio Time 481208 083 Morton Downey And Kay Starr.mp3
    21. Philco Radio Time 490216 093 Bob Burns And Kay Starr.mp3
    22. Philco Radio Time 490406 100 Jimmy Stewart And Kay Starr.mp3
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    21 recordings on 11 Audio CDs. Total playtime 9 hours, 24 min
    21 recordings on 11 Audio CDs
    total playtime 9 hours, 24 min

    Kay Starr Disc A001

    1. Guest Star Radio 325 Kay Starr
    2. Glenn Miller 390724 Glenn Island Casino
    3. Glenn Miller 390726 Glen Island Casino

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    Kay Starr Disc A002

    1. Music Depreciation 450401 22 Parisian Market
    2. Cp 460307 214 Ginger Rogers Burl Ives Kay Starr

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    Kay Starr Disc A003

    1. Jubilee 470110 204 Guest Cliff Lang Kay Starr
    2. Jubilee 471227 254 Guest Benny Carter Benny Goodman

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    Kay Starr Disc A004

    1. Jubilee 480103 255 Guest Earl Spencer Aho Kaye Starr
    2. Jubilee 480305 264 Guest Jimmy Zito Kay Starr

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    Kay Starr Disc A005

    1. Philco Radio Time 481117 080 Kay Starr

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    Kay Starr Disc A006

    1. Cp 481130 353 Vincent Price Kay Starr Joan Davis

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    Kay Starr Disc A007

    1. Philco Radio Time 481208 083 Morton Downey And Kay Starr
    2. Philco Radio Time 490216 093 Bob Burns And Kay Starr

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    Kay Starr Disc A008

    1. Philco Radio Time 490406 100 Jimmy Stewart And Kay Starr
    2. Great Gildersleeve 490525 329 Gildy Sues Bullard

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    Kay Starr Disc A009

    1. Great Gildersleeve 490601 330 Folk Dancing Class
    2. Chesterfield Supper Club 490623
    3. Chesterfield Supper Club 490630

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    Kay Starr Disc A010

    1. Guest Star 491002 0132 Great Day
    2. Chesterfield Supper Club 491124 Thanksgiving Show

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    Kay Starr Disc A011

    1. Chesterfield Show 520423 104 Guest Kay Starr Bell Sisters

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