Kay Starr

Pop Singer

Birthday July 21, 1922

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Dougherty, OK

DEATH DATE Nov 3, 2016 (94)

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About

Pop and jazz vocalist who sang the 1956 hit "The Rock and Roll Waltz," as well as many other #1 singles.

Before Fame

She was making $3 a performance during the Great Depression when she was ten years old.

Trivia

She created a hit version of the song "Wheel of Fortune."

Family Life

She was married six times, including to Vic Schoen, and she had a daughter.

Associated With

She was on NBC's Club Oasis, the show on which Spike Jones was the bandleader.