Sue Raney does Scopitone

[Larry Kart]

Kay Starr is not an artist away from whom I would reflexively turn.

Famously one of Lester's favorites, no?

In a 1958 interview with none other than Chris Albertson, Young was asked if had ever heard Bessie Smith in person. When Young said that he had, Chris asked if he could think of any singer performing today who reminded him of Smith. "Yes," Young said. "Kay Starr." Chris suggested (this account from Dave Gelly's book "Being Prez") that, say, Dakota Staton might be a better choice. Young replied: "Listen to her [i.e Starr's ] voice, and play one of Bessie's records. See if you hear something."

In the same interview, Young spoke with approval of Jo Stafford, Sinatra, and Dick Haymes. As for Starr, Smith certainly was one of her idols.

[ghost of miles]

That I don't know right off hand, but hey...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLqiFNOJG_I

This don't suck.

I've got these two Kay Starr CDs and can easily rec them to anybody interested in her:

Edited April 16, 2011 by ghost of miles