The One, The Only Kay Starr Explained

The One, The Only Kay Starr
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kay Starr
Cover:	The One, The Only Kay Starr.png
Released:	1956
Genre:	Pop
Label:	RCA Victor
Prev Title:	In a Blue Mood
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Blue Starr
Next Year:	1957

The One, The Only Kay Starr is a studio album by Kay Starr. It was released in 1956 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LPM-1149). It was her first album for RCA Victor after a decade with Capitol Records.^[1]

Reception

Upon its release, Billboard magazine wrote: "A collection of a dozen standards that Kay Starr has not recorded previously, done in her characteristic style: earthy, blues-touched, sung from the heart."^[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars.^[3] Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that, with her "rhythmic, emotive vocal performances", and interpretations tending toward jump blues and rhythm & blues, she came off as "another significant pre-rock progenitor"."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "A Hundred Years from Today"
2. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
3. "Glad Rag Doll"
4. "Fit as a Fiddle"
5. "My Buddy"
6. "You Can Depend On Me"

Side B

1. "I Want a Little Boy" (Billy Moll / Murray Mencher)
2. "I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again" (Harry M. Woods)
3. "The Prisoner's Song"
4. "Once More" (Hal Stanley / Raymond Karl)
5. "Georgia on My Mind"
6. "Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington / Sid Kuller / Paul Francis Webster)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kay Starr - The One, The Only. Discogs. December 22, 2020.
2. News: Reviews and Ratings New Popular Albums. The Billboard. January 21, 1956. 26.
3. Web site: The One, The Only Kay Starr. AllMusic. December 22, 2020.