Swingin' with the Starr

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Swingin' with the Starr
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Compilation album by
Kay Starr
Released1956
Genre Pop, jazz
Label Liberty
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Swingin' with the Starr, also known as Swinging with the Starr: Kay Starr Swings, is a compilation album of 16 songs recorded by Kay Starr. It was released in September 1956 by Liberty Records (catalog no. SL-9001). [2] The recordings feature Starr singing with the Jazz All Stars. [3]

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of two stars. [1] Reviewer Steve Goulding called it "high-toned swing in a variety of jazzy settings" and noted that Starr "manages to be both polished and intimate." [1]

The album was released on compact disc in 2008. The original song sequence was altered, and some tracks were omitted and others added. [4]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Stardust"
  2. "Honeysuckle Rose" [2:11]
  3. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" [2:17]
  4. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" [2:52]
  5. "Who's Foolin' Who"
  6. "St. Louis Blues" [2:42]
  7. "Stormy Weather" [2:56]
  8. "Sunday" [3:06]

Side B

  1. "Sweet Lorraine" [2:02]
  2. "After You've Gone" [2:45]
  3. "I Cried for You" [2:41]
  4. "There's a Lull in My Life" [2:16]
  5. "Where or When"
  6. "Love Me or Leave Me" [2:52]
  7. "All of Me" [2:26]
  8. "Dixieland Band"

Bonus tracks on 2008 reissue

  1. "There's Yes, Yes in Your Eyes"
  2. "Nobody's Sweetheart Now"
  3. "Honeymoon (The Waning Honeymoon)"
  4. "More I Cannot Wish You"
  5. "Three Letters"
  6. "If Anyone Finds This (I Love You)"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kay Starr Style". AllMusic . Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kay Starr - Swingin' With the Starr". Discogs. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Liberty Unveils 14 New LP's This Month". The Billboard. September 15, 1956. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "Kay Starr - Swingin 'With The Starr". Discogs. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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