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Interview with Kay Starr, Lewisham Jazz Week performer

Title
Interview with Kay Starr, Lewisham Jazz Week performer
Genre
Interview; Music
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1983
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Duration
00:08:39
Description
Interview with American jazz and country & western singer Kay Starr, who is to perform at the Lewisham Jazz Week festival. Covering her early career with the Joe Venuti, Bob Crosby and Glenn Miller bands, national success in the 1950s with Capitol Records, and recent concerts with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O’Connell and Martha Ray. With excerpts from her 1952 hits, Wheel of Fortune and Comes Along a Love. Male interviewer not identified.
Contributors
Kay Starr
Keywords
USA; London; Music; UK; Singers; Lewisham; Jazz; Country and Western music; Glenn Miller; Kay Starr; Joe Venuti; Bob Crosby; Capitol Records; Rosemary Clooney; Helen O’Connell; Martha Ray

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