STARR, KAY
(*1922)
STARR, KAY (b. Katherine LaVern Starks, Dougherty, Okla., July 21, 1922) Starr was a bluesy, big-throated singer who achieved great success in the late 1940s and early 1950s, paving the way for vocalists like PATSY CLINE . Born on an Indian reservation, Starr was raised in Dallas, where at age nine she had her own fifteen-minute daily radio show. Her prematurely husky voice won her many fans, and as a teenager she began performing with the popular WESTERN SWING bands of the day, including BILL…