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

1. "Dry Bones" (traditional) [2:30]
2. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) [3:20]
3. "I Gotta Get Away from You" (Hal Stanley) [1:57]
4. "Till We Meet Again" (Raymond B. Egan, Richard A. Whiting) [2:27]
5. "True Blue Lou" (Sam Coslow, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) [2:37]
6. "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmigchael, Johnny Mercer) [3:20]

Side B

1. "Lonesome Road" (traditional) [3:23]
2. "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) [2:39]
3. "I'm Confessin'" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) [3:22]
4. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) [3:18]
5. "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Iriving Berlin) [2:47]
6. "Do I Worry" (Stanley Cowan, Bobby Worth) [3:03]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kay Starr - Rockin 'With Kay. Discogs. December 22, 2020.
2. News: Reviews and Ratings New Popular Albums. The Billboard. June 30, 1958. 18.
3. Web site: Rockin' with Kay. AllMusic. December 22, 2020.