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Dougherty, Oklahoma, USA
Catherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer primarily from the 1940s through the 1950s. She performed multiple genres, such as pop, swing, and country, but her roots were in jazz. Her 1952 song "Wheel of Fortune" was a smash hit, and later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
Known for
- Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self2006
- The Jim Nabors Hour1969
- The Hollywood Palace — Self - Singer1964
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- Some of Manie's Friends1959
- Startime — Self1959
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin — John's Mother1957
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self1956
- The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self1950
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dougherty
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.kaystarr.net
- Image
- KayStarr (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Kay Starr
- date of birth
- 1922-07-21
- date of death
- 2016-11-03
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- birth name
- Catherine Laverne Starks
- pseudonym
- Kay Starr
- manner of death
- natural causes
- number of viewers/listeners
- 4425685
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