Rockin' with Kay explained
Rockin' with Kay |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Kay Starr |
Cover: | Rockin' with Kay.png |
Released: | 1958 |
Genre: | Pop |
Label: | RCA Victor |
Prev Title: | Blue Starr |
Prev Year: | 1957 |
Next Title: | Movin'! |
Next Year: | 1959 |
Rockin' with Kay is a studio album by Kay Starr. It was released in 1958 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LPM-1720). It was her third album for RCA Victor.[1]
Reception
Upon its release, Billboard magazine gave the album a rating of three stars and wrote: "The wonderful, husky expressiveness of the Starr gal comes through on this selection of tunes arranged for rocking delivery."[2]
AllMusic also gave the album a rating of three stars.[3] Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that the arrangements were "bluesy and rocking" and that Starr sang with "her usual throaty abandon."[3]
Track listing
Side A
- "Dry Bones" (traditional) [2:30]
- "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) [3:20]
- "I Gotta Get Away from You" (Hal Stanley) [1:57]
- "Till We Meet Again" (Raymond B. Egan, Richard A. Whiting) [2:27]
- "True Blue Lou" (Sam Coslow, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) [2:37]
- "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmigchael, Johnny Mercer) [3:20]
Side B
- "Lonesome Road" (traditional) [3:23]
- "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) [2:39]
- "I'm Confessin'" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) [3:22]
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) [3:18]
- "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Iriving Berlin) [2:47]
- "Do I Worry" (Stanley Cowan, Bobby Worth) [3:03]
Notes and References
- Web site: Kay Starr - Rockin 'With Kay. Discogs. December 22, 2020.
- News: Reviews and Ratings New Popular Albums. The Billboard. June 30, 1958. 18.
- Web site: Rockin' with Kay. AllMusic. December 22, 2020.