The discography of American singer Kay Starr contains 18 studio albums, 18 compilation albums, one live album, 87 singles, 12 other charting songs and one additional album appearance. Starr's first singles were released in collaboration with the Ben Pollack Orchestra. She signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and had her first chart record in 1948 with "You Were Only Foolin' (While I Was Fallin' in Love)". It reached number 16 on the American Billboard pop music chart. It was followed the same year by her first top ten pop single "So Tired". In 1950, "Bonaparte's Retreat" reached the top five of the Billboard pop chart. Starr reached the top five again with "Hoop-Dee-Doo" and "I'll Never Be Free" (a collaboration with Tennessee Ernie Ford).
In 1952, the single "Wheel of Fortune" topped the American pop chart and climbed to number two on the Australian Kent Music Report pop survey. Between 1952 and 1953, Starr had top ten singles with "Comes A-Long A-Love", "Side by Side", "Half a Photograph", "Changing Partners" and "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)". These songs also reached top positions in Australia and the United Kingdom. Notably, "Comes A-Long A-Love" topped the UK Singles Chart in 1952. In 1955, Starr moved to RCA Victor and topped the American, Australian and British charts with the single "The Rock and Roll Waltz". The same year, Starr's debut studio album was released on Capitol titled The Kay Starr Style. Yet, RCA Victor issued four studio albums of her recordings including Blue Starr (1957) and Rockin' with Kay (1957). In 1957, the single "My Heart Reminds Me" reached the top ten of the Billboard pop chart.
Starr returned to Capitol Records in 1959 and the label soon released the studio album Movin'!, which reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart. The following year, Capitol released three studio albums of her material: Losers, Weepers, Movin' on Broadway! and Kay Starr: Jazz Singer. The next year a country album was released titled Just Plain Country, which featured the charting single "Four Walls". Other charting singles of this period included "Foolin' Around" and a solo version of "I'll Never Be Free". In 1966, Starr made the Billboard adult contemporary chart for the first time "Tears and Heartaches". A corresponding album appeared on Capitol in 1966. Starr continued recording for various labels through the 1980s. This included a collaboration with Count Basie and a live album in the 1980s.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details Title Album details PeakchartpositionsUK The Kay Starr Style Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — In a Blue Mood Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — The One, The Only Kay Starr Released: 1956 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — Blue Starr Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — Rockin' with Kay Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — I Hear the Word Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — Movin'! Released: 1959 Label: Capitol Formats: LP 16 Losers, Weepers Released: 1960 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — Movin' on Broadway! Released: 1960 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — Kay Starr: Jazz Singer Released: 1960 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — Just Plain Country Released: 1962 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — I Cry by Night Released: 1962 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — Tears and Heartaches/Old Records Released: 1966 Label: Capitol Formats: LP — When the Lights Go on Again Released: January 1968 Label: ABC Formats: LP — How About This Released: 1969 Label: Paramount Formats: LP — Kay Starr Country Released: 1974 Label: GNP Crescendo Formats: LP — Back to the Roots Released: 1975 Label: GNP Crescendo Formats: LP — Kay Starr Released: 1981 Label: GNP Crescendo Formats: LP — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details Title Album details Songs by Kay Starr Released: 1950 Label: Capitol Formats: LP The Hits of Kay Starr Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Formats: LP Swingin' with the Starr Released: 1956 Label: Liberty Formats: LP Kay Starr Released: 1960 Label: RCA Camden Formats: LP All Starr Hits Released: 1961 Label: Capitol Formats: LP One More Time Released: 1960 Label: Capitol Formats: LP Kay Starr's Again Released: 1974 Label: Capitol Formats: LP Kay Starr Released: 1975 Label: Capitol Formats: LP Pure Gold Released: 1976 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 20 Golden Greats Released: 1984 Label: Capitol Formats: LP Wheel of Fortune & Other Hits Released: 1984 Label: CEMA Special Products Formats: Cassette Capitol Collectors Series Released: March 18, 1991 Label: Capitol/EMI Formats: CD Greatest Hits Released: 1991 Label: Curb Formats: CD, cassette Spotlight on Kay Starr (Great Ladies of Song) Released: August 1, 1995 Label: Capitol/EMI Formats: CD, cassette Kay Starr Sings Standards Released: 1997 Label: Hallmark Formats: CD The RCA Years Released: 1998 Label: Collectors Choice Formats: CD Definitive Kay Starr on Capitol Released: July 9, 2002 Label: Capitol/Collectors Choice/EMI Formats: CD The Ultimate Collection Released: April 9, 2007 Label: Capitol/EMI Formats: CD
Live albums + List of live albums, showing all relevant details Title Album details Live at Freddy's Released: 1986 Label: Baldwin Street Formats: CD
Singles + List of lead artist singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUSUSACAUSUK "Honey" 1945 — — — — rowspan="6" "Should I" — — — — "After You're Gone" 1946 — — — — "Love Me or Leave Me" — — — — "Share Croppin' Blues" 1947 — — — — "Then I'll Be Tired of You" 1948 — — — — "You've Got to See Your Mama Every Night" — — — — Songs by Kay Starr "Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddledin Your Arms)" — — — — rowspan="9" "Many Happy Returns of the Day" — — — — "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Fallingin Love)" 16 — — — "Please Love Me" — — — — "So Tired" 7 — — — "You Broke Your Promise" 1949 — — — — "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies" 28 — — — "I'm Oh So Lonesome Tonight" — — — — "I Wish I Had a Wishbone" — — — — "Ya Gotta Buy, Buy, Buy, For Baby" — — — — Songs by Kay Starr "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone" — — — — "Stormy Weather" 1950 — — — — rowspan="8" "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" — — — — "Bonaparte's Retreat" 4 — 1 — "Hoop-Dee-Doo" 2 — 5 — "Mississippi" 18 — 7 — "I'll Never Be Free" 3 — — — "The Texas Song" — — — — "Honeymoon" — — — — "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" — — — — Songs by Kay Starr "(Everybody's Waitin' For) the Man with the Bag" — — — — rowspan="9" "Oh Babe" 7 — — — "Lovesick Blues" 1951 — — — — "Come Back My Darling" — — — — "Ocean of Tears" 15 — 19 — "Come On-a My House" 8 — 8 — "Angry" 26 — — — "On a Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor" — — — — "So Help Me" — — — — "Wheel of Fortune" 1952 1 — 2 — The Hits of Kay Starr "I Waited a Little Too Long" 20 — 13 — "Fool, Fool, Fool" 13 — — — "Comes A-Long A-Love" 9 — 20 1 "Side by Side" 1953 3 — 6 7 The Kay Starr Style "Half a Photograph" 7 — 12 — The Hits of Kay Starr "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" 18 — — — The Kay Starr Style "Changing Partners" 7 — 4 4 "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" 1954 4 — 13 — The Hits of Kay Starr "Fortune in Dreams" 17 — — — "If Anyone Finds This, I Love You" 1955 — — — — rowspan="11" "Foolishly Yours" — — — — "Good and Lonesome" 17 — — — "Without a Song" — — — — "The Rock and Roll Waltz" 1 — 1 1 "Second Fiddle" 1956 40 — — — "The Good Book" 89 — — — "Touch and Go" — — — — "Jamie Boy" 1957 54 — — — "My Heart Reminds Me" 9 — 15 — "Help Me" — — — — "Rockin' Chair" 1958 — — — — Rockin' with Kay "Voodoo Man" — — — — rowspan="3" "He Cha Cha'd In" — — — — "I Couldn't Care Less" 1959 — — — — "Riders in the Sky" — — — — Movin'! "You Always Hurt the One You Love" 1960 — — — — Losers Weepers "Just for a Thrill" — — — — All Starr Hits! "Foolin' Around" 1961 49 — 84 — rowspan="3" "I'll Never Be Free" 94 — — — "Well I Ask Ya" — — — — "Four Walls" 1962 92 — — — Just Plain Country "Bossa Nova Casanova" — — — — rowspan="7" "No Regrets" 1963 — — — — "To Each His Own" — — — — "Dancing on My Tears" 1964 — — — — "Friends" — — — — "Look on the Brighter Side" 1965 — — — — "I Forgot to Forget" — — — — "Never Dreamed I Could Love Someone New" — 23 — — Tears and Heartaches/Old Records "Tears and Heartaches" 1966 — 19 — — "When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)" 1967 — 24 — — When the Lights Go on Again "Some Sweet Tomorrow" 1968 — — — — "12th Street Marching Band" — — — — rowspan="2" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" 1970 — — — — "Rangers Waltz" 1973 — — — — Kay Starr Country "New Frankie and Johnny" 1974 — — — — "Something's Missing" — — — — "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" 1975 — — — — Back to the Roots "Nickelodeon Rag" 1981 — — — — Kay Starr "The Feeling Doesn't Go Away" — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted songs + List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Year Peak chart positions Album NotesUSUSACUSCou.AUSUK "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" 1950 22 — 5 — — rowspan="3" "You're My Sugar" 1952 22 — — — — "Three Letters" 22 — — — — "Allez-Vous-En" 1953 11 — — — — The Hits of Kay Starr "Swamp Fire" 30 — — — — One More Time "The Man Upstairs" 1954 7 — — — — The Hits of Kay Starr "Am I a Toy or a Treasure" 22 — — — 17 rowspan="5" "I've Changed My Mind a Thousand Times" 1956 73 — — — — "Love Ain't Right" 89 — — — — "Things I Never Had" 89 — — — — "(I Don't Care) Only Love Me" 1959 — — — 7 — "Old Records" 1966 — 26 — — — Tears and Heartaches/Old Records "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other album appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Blue and Sentimental" 2001 Tony Bennett Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
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External links Discography at AllMusic