在大樂隊時代就已成名，並於搖滾樂初興起的1955年，以一首六週冠軍曲Rock And Roll
Waltz給歌迷們留下深刻印象的女歌星Kay Starr，十一月三日去世，高齡93歲。
Kay Starr本名Katherine
Laverne Starks，出生於奧克拉荷馬州Dougherty，兒時即在孟斐斯與達拉斯的電台演唱，十五歲後正式擔任Joe Venuti Orchestra的主唱，在1945年轉為獨唱歌手之前，他也與Glen Miller及 Bob Crosby的樂團合作過。
1947年Capitol唱片公司簽下Kay Starr，她的Hoop-De-Doo (#2-1950)及 Bonaparte’s Retreat(#4-1950)成績很好，使她個人的歌唱事業有好的開始，1948-1954年，Kay Starr一共有27首歌進入過排行榜，其中包括1952年獲得十週冠軍的The Wheel Of Fortune。
1955 年她轉投 RCA唱片公司旗下，在搖滾樂開始流行的那些年，Kay Starr的受歡迎程度漸漸不如從前，但持續的努力演出，仍使她在1960年獲邀於好萊塢星光大道留下印記。
藍調歌手Billie Holiday曾經推崇Kay Starr是唯一一位能演唱藍調的白人女歌手。
The Rock And Roll
Waltz
Kay Starr
One night I was late, came home from a date
Slipped out of my shoes at the door
Then from the front room, I heard a jump
tune
I looked in and here's what I saw
There in the night what a wonderful scene
Mom was dancing with Dad to my record
machine
And while they danced, only one thing was
wrong
They were trying to waltz to a rock and
roll song!
A-one, two, and then rock
A-one, two, and then roll
They did the rock and roll waltz
A-rock, two, three, a-roll, two, three
It looked so cute to me
I love the rock and roll waltz
A-one, two, and then rock
A-one, two, and then roll
A-one, two, and then jump
It's good for your soul
It's old but it's new
Let's do the rock and roll waltz
There in the night what a wonderful scene
Mom was dancing with Dad to my record
machine
And while they danced, only one thing was
wrong
They were trying to waltz to a rock and
roll song!
A-one, two, and then rock
A-one, two, and then roll
A-one, two, and then jump
It's good for your soul
It's old but it's new
Let's do the rock and roll waltz
Let's do the rock and roll waltz
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