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Kay Starr Biography

Birth Name:Katherine Laverne Starks

Birth Place:Dougherty, Oklahoma, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Actress, Music department

Fast Facts

At the age of 15, she started singing with the Joe Venuti orchestra
Got her start as a singer by performing at a Dallas radio station at the age of seven
In 1943, she replaced Lena Horne in the Charlie Barnet orchestra
Once performed alongside Bob Crosby's Orchestra
In 1939, she replaced Marion Hutton in the Glenn Miller Orchestra
In 1993, she performed on the Pat Boone "April Love" tour
Was born on an Iroquois Indian reservation in Okla