Blue Starr Explained

Blue Starr
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kay Starr
Cover:	Blue Starr.png
Released:	1957
Genre:	Pop
Label:	RCA Victor
Prev Title:	The One, The Only Kay Starr
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Rockin' with Kay
Next Year:	1958

Blue Starr is a studio album by Kay Starr. It was released in 1957 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LPM-1549). It was her second album for RCA Victor. Hal Stanley was the producer.^[1]

Reception

Upon its release, Billboard magazine wrote: "Fans of the thrush from way back will find what they want here -- a pack of somewhat old-timey 'vocal Dixieland.' ... Tunes are all torchers, but tempi are varied."^[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars.^[3] Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that the album "had the kind of jazz and blues playing that characterized Starr at her best, and she remained an expressive vocalist whose style was a bit too hot for the more polite supper clubs."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "It's A Old Lonesome Town (When You're Not Around)"
2. "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)"
3. "The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Good-Bye)"
4. "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"
5. "I Really Don't Want to Know"

Side B

1. "Blue Starr"
2. "Wedding Bells"
3. "It's Funny to Everyone but Me"
4. "Little White Lies"
5. "Just Like a Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain)
6. "Blue and Sentimental"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kay Starr - Blue Starr. Discogs. December 22, 2020.
2. News: Reviews and Ratings New Popular Albums. The Billboard. November 4, 1957. 33.
3. Web site: Rockin' with Kay. AllMusic. December 22, 2020.